In September 2008 AS Tallink Grupp transported 562 392 passengers which is
nearly 12% more than in September 2007. Passenger volume and market share
increased in all of our main routes. The highest growth in September was seen in
the Latvia-Sweden route where more than 32% increase is an effect of the recent
vessel's re-routings.
AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for September
2008 were the following:
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| | Sep-08 | Sep-07 | change |
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| Passengers | 562 392 | 502 605 | 11,9% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 225 769 | 209 331 | 7,9% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 239 264 | 208 109 | 15,0% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 53 930 | 48 506 | 11,2% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 35 957 | 27 098 | 32,7% |
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| Finland-Germany | 7 472 | 9 561 | -21,8% |
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| Cargo Units | 26 577 | 29 709 | -10,5% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 9 442 | 9 120 | 3,5% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 9 879 | 9 750 | 1,3% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 3 618 | 3 637 | -0,5% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 1 413 | 973 | 45,2% |
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| Finland-Germany | 2 225 | 6 229 | -64,3% |
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| Passenger Vehicles | 57 530 | 49 243 | 16,8% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 12 843 | 14 574 | -11,9% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 33 722 | 24 060 | 40,2% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 3 748 | 3 699 | 1,3% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 4 887 | 4 148 | 17,8% |
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| Finland-Germany | 2 330 | 2 762 | -15,6% |
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The following operational factors influenced the development.
FINLAND-SWEDEN
M/S Sea Wind schedule was changed so that the vessel will not stop in the Aland
Islands any more. As a result the vessel is now carrying only cargo units
compared to passenger, car and cargo mix before.
M/S Galaxy which is larger in capacity operates in the Turku-Stockholm route
instead of M/S Silja Festival.
Due to the scheduled docking M/S Silja Symphony did not operate 3 days in
September 2008.
ESTONIA-FINLAND
Since April 2008 the second Tallink Shuttle vessel Superstar operates between
Tallinn and Helsinki.
New cruise ferry M/S Baltic Princess has replaced the 2006 built M/S Galaxy
which moved to Turku-Stockholm operations.
From September 2008 the Superfast vessels are not doing the daily
Tallinn-Helsinki round trip any more.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
M/S Victoria was in a special charter and therefore did not operate on the route
for 5 days in September 2008.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
M/S Silja Festival which is larger in capacity has replaced M/S Vana Tallinn.
FINLAND-GERMANY
The operations in the route are continued with the two vessels instead of three
as Superfast IX has stopped from September 2008 for the forthcoming long-term
charter preparations.
The traffic results were affected by the increased competition in cargo
transportation.
Janek Stalmeister
Financial Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Tel. +372 6409 800
e-mail: janek.stalmeister@tallink.ee
