In August 2020 AS Tallink Grupp transported 453 880 passengers, which is a
55.4% decrease compared to August 2019. The number of cargo units decreased by
2.4% to 29 798 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 17.3% to
95 430 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for August
2020 were the following:
August 2020 August 2019 Change
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Passengers 453 880 1 017 565 -55.4%
Finland - Sweden 123 369 294 825 -58.2%
Estonia - Finland 315 784 514 936 -38.7%
Estonia - Sweden 3 550 109 988 -96.8%
Latvia - Sweden 11 177 97 816 -88.6%
Cargo Units 29 798 30 519 -2.4%
Finland - Sweden 5 547 6 592 -15.9%
Estonia - Finland 20 538 19 204 6.9%
Estonia - Sweden 3 485 3 443 1.2%
Latvia - Sweden 228 1 280 -82.2%
Passenger Vehicles 95 430 115 339 -17.3%
Finland - Sweden 13 280 21 033 -36.9%
Estonia - Finland 80 922 79 610 1.6%
Estonia - Sweden 307 7 857 -96.1%
Latvia - Sweden 921 6 839 -86.5%
The following operational factors influenced the development in August 2020:
ESTONIA - FINLAND
Cruise ferry Victoria I was rerouted to Tallinn-Helsinki route from 7 June. In
August, cruise ferry Baltic Queen operated 4 special cruises from Tallinn to
Aland and 6 special cruises from Tallinn to Turku.
ESTONIA - SWEDEN
Operations of Tallinn-Stockholm route have been suspended since 15 March due to
travel restrictions. In addition to cargo vessel Regal Star cruise ferry
Isabelle and cargo vessel Sailor are operating on Estonia-Sweden routes,
starting from 7 June and 12 July, respectively. In August, cruise ferry Baltic
Queen operated one special return trip on Tallinn-Stockholm route.
FINLAND - SWEDEN
Operations of Helsinki-Stockholm route have been suspended since 19 March due to
travel restrictions. Cruise ferry Silja Serenade was rerouted to Helsinki-Riga
route from 26 June. In August, cruise ferry Silja Symphony operated 6 special
cruises on Stockholm-Visby route and 2 special cruises on Stockholm-Härnösand
route.
LATVIA - SWEDEN
Operations of Riga-Stockholm route have been suspended since 16 March due to
travel restrictions. In August, cruise ferry Romantika operated one special
cruise from Riga to Aland and 3 from Riga to Helsinki. Cruise ferry Romantika
also operated 4 special return trips on Riga-Stockholm route to transport cargo
and workers.
Veiko Haavapuu
Financial Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5
10111 Tallinn, Estonia
E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee (mailto:veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee)
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