In November 2008 AS Tallink Grupp transported 574 999 passengers which is more
than 19% increase compared to November 2007. Passenger volumes and market shares
increased in all of our main routes.
While the passenger cars transportation continued to increase in November 2008
the slowing economies are causing the adverse impact to the cargo units'
development.
AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for November
2008 were the following:
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| | November| November | change | | I Quarter | I Quarter | change |
| | 2008 | 2007 | | | 2008/2009 | 2007/2008 | |
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|Passengers| 574 999 | 480 974 | 19,5% | | 1 786 205 | 1 510 079 | 18,3% |
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| Finland- | 213 883 | 192 819 | 10,9% | | 707 979 | 630 473 | 12,3% |
| Sweden | | | | | | | |
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| Estonia- | 279 915 | 213 828 | 30,9% | | 805 144 | 634 301 | 26,9% |
| Finland | | | | | | | |
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| Estonia- | 48 920 | 47 848 | 2,2% | | 157 298 | 147 162 | 6,9% |
| Sweden | | | | | | | |
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| Latvia- | 28 005 | 20 100 | 39,3% | | 98 043 | 72 635 | 35,0% |
| Sweden | | | | | | | |
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| Finland- | 4 276 | 6 379 | -33,0% | | 17 741 | 25 508 | -30,4% |
| Germany | | | | | | | |
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| Cargo | 22 926 | 29 844 | -23,2% | | 76 313 | 91 897 | -17,0% |
| Units | | | | | | | |
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| Finland- | 7 749 | 8 581 | -9,7% | | 26 270 | 27 285 | -3,7% |
| Sweden | | | | | | | |
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| Estonia- | 8 129 | 10 337 | -21,4% | | 28 397 | 30 831 | -7,9% |
| Finland | | | | | | | |
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| Estonia- | 3 190 | 3 765 | -15,3% | | 10 352 | 11 872 | -12,8% |
| Sweden | | | | | | | |
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| Latvia- | 1 578 | 1 155 | 36,6% | | 4 484 | 3 292 | 36,2% |
| Sweden | | | | | | | |
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| Finland- | 2 280 | 6 006 | -62,0% | | 6 810 | 18 617 | -63,4% |
| Germany | | | | | | | |
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| Passenger| 54 628 | 39 754 | 37,4% | | 174 471 | 132 092 | 32,1% |
| Vehicles | | | | | | | |
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| Finland- | 7 692 | 8 331 | -7,7% | | 31 064 | 34 314 | -9,5% |
| Sweden | | | | | | | |
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| Estonia- | 38 575 | 24 156 | 59,7% | | 113 380 | 70 252 | 61,4% |
| Finland | | | | | | | |
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| Estonia- | 3 055 | 2 768 | 10,4% | | 10 780 | 10 184 | 5,9% |
| Sweden | | | | | | | |
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| Latvia- | 4 017 | 2 804 | 43,3% | | 13 801 | 10 687 | 29,1% |
| Sweden | | | | | | | |
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| Finland- | 1 289 | 1 695 | -24,0% | | 5 446 | 6 655 | -18,2% |
| Germany | | | | | | | |
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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 Serenade did not operate 8 days in
November 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 roundtrip any more.
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 and is employed in the long-term
charter.
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
