Tallinn, 2017-11-03 08:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
AS Tallink Grupp statistics for October 2017
In October 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 808 383 passengers, which is a
0.5% increase compared to October 2016. The number of cargo units increased by
15.9% to 34 989 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 2.3% to
90 104 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for
October 2017 were the following:
October 2017 October 2016 Change
Passengers 808 383 804 639 0.5%
Finland - Sweden 247 921 261 009 -5.0%
Estonia - Finland 422 344 422 031 0.1%
Estonia - Sweden 79 831 75 530 5.7%
Latvia - Sweden 58 287 46 069 26.5%
Cargo Units 34 989 30 195 15.9%
Finland - Sweden 7 007 6 583 6.4%
Estonia - Finland 22 250 18 787 18.4%
Estonia - Sweden 4 245 4 123 3.0%
Latvia - Sweden 1 487 702 111.8%
Passenger Vehicles 90 104 92 256 -2.3%
Finland - Sweden 10 107 10 451 -3.3%
Estonia - Finland 68 429 71 602 -4.4%
Estonia - Sweden 5 552 5 752 -3.5%
Latvia - Sweden 6 016 4 451 35.2%
The following operational factors influenced the development in October 2017:
ESTONIA - FINLAND
On 29 January 2017 the new LNG fast ferry Megastar started operating Tallink
Shuttle service on the Tallinn - Helsinki route and replaced fast ferry
Superstar.
In December 2016 the cruise ferry Silja Europa started operating on the Tallinn
- Helsinki route, replacing the cruise ferry Baltic Queen.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
In December 2016 the cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operating on the Tallinn
- Stockholm route, replacing the cruise ferry Romantika.
LATVIA - SWEDEN
Cruise ferry Romantika started operating on Riga - Stockholm route in December
2016 as a second ship on the route next to cruise ferry Isabelle.
Veiko Haavapuu
Finance Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7
10111 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel. +372 640 9914
E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee |