In March 2007 AS Tallink Grupp transported 472,467
passengers which is 121.8% more than in March 2006. The
number of transported cargo units rose by 154.6% and number
of transported passenger vehicles by 98.9%.
AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo units and passenger car
numbers for March 2007 were the following:
Mar 2007 Mar 2006 change
Passengers 472,467 213,058 121.8%
Estonia-Finland 178,321 168,741 5.7%
Estonia-Sweden 52,087 44,317 17.5%
Latvia-Sweden 13,508
Finland-Germany 7,992
Finland-Sweden 220,559
Cargo units 31,124 12,226 154.6%
Estonia-Finland 8,951 8,442 6.0%
Estonia-Sweden 3,618 3,784 -4.4%
Latvia-Sweden 605
Finland-Germany 6,398
Finland-Sweden 11,552
Passenger vehicles 35,790 17,997 98.9%
Estonia-Finland 17,676 12,707 39.1%
Estonia-Sweden 4,256 5,290 -19.5%
Latvia-Sweden 2,429
Finland-Germany 2,417
Finland-Sweden 9,012
The following operational factors influenced the
development.
ESTONIA-FINLAND
M/S Galaxy, larger in capacities, operates Tallinn-Helsinki
route instead of M/S Romantika.
M/S Meloodia was chartered out and did not operate on the
Tallinn-Helsinki route. The lower capacity was partly off-
set by the operations of M/S Vana Tallinn and Superfast
vessels operating one round-trip per day.
The higher cargo capacity and demand led to higher number of
cargo units in March 2007. The addition of Superfast
vessels' car deck capacity has positively affected also the
number of transported passenger vehicles.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
M/S Romantika, larger in capacities, operates Tallinn-
Stockholm line instead of M/S Regina Baltica.
M/S Vana Tallinn was not operating on the Paldiski-
Kapellskär route in March 2007 and both the passenger and
cargo capacity were thereby smaller than in March 2006.
The cargo and vehicle volumes on Estonia-Sweden routes are
partly affected also from the fact that some Latvian and
Lithuanian customers are using Latvia-Sweden route instead.
FINLAND-GERMANY
M/S Superfast IX was in docking and didn't operate for 9
days.
Janek Stalmeister
Financial Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Tel. +372 6409 800
email: janek.stalmeister@tallink.ee