Tallinn, 2014-04-03 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Statistics for March 2014 and the first quarter of the 2014 financial year
In March 2014 AS Tallink Grupp transported 701 180 passengers which is nearly a 1% decrease compared to March 2013. The number of passenger vehicles increased by almost 2% to 77 821 and the number of trucks and trailers increased by almost 18% to 28 422 units in same comparison.
In the first quarter of the 2014 financial year (January-March) AS Tallink Grupp transported 1 905 555 passengers which is nearly a 1% increase compared to the previous year. The number of passenger vehicles increased by 4% to 215 013 units transported and the number of trucks and trailers increased by almost 15% to 76 791 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for March 2014 and first quarter of the financial year were the following:
| March 2014 | March 2013 | change | I Quarter 2014 | I Quarter 2013 | change | ||
| Passengers | 701 180 | 706 154 | -0.7% | 1 905 555 | 1 895 343 | 0.5% | |
| Finland-Sweden | 222 357 | 229 893 | -3.3% | 592 253 | 630 962 | -6.1% | |
| Estonia-Finland | 342 493 | 339 501 | 0.9% | 935 248 | 895 299 | 4.5% | |
| Estonia-Sweden | 76 214 | 76 879 | -0.9% | 216 985 | 213 408 | 1.7% | |
| Latvia-Sweden | 60 116 | 59 881 | 0.4% | 161 069 | 155 674 | 3.5% | |
| Cargo Units | 28 422 | 24 163 | 17.6% | 76 791 | 67 003 | 14.6% | |
| Finland-Sweden | 8 816 | 8 590 | 2.6% | 23 022 | 23 888 | -3.6% | |
| Estonia-Finland | 13 826 | 10 494 | 31.8% | 38 753 | 28 887 | 34.2% | |
| Estonia-Sweden | 4 033 | 3 478 | 16.0% | 10 305 | 9 687 | 6.4% | |
| Latvia-Sweden | 1 747 | 1 601 | 9.1% | 4 711 | 4 541 | 3.7% | |
| Passenger Vehicles | 77 821 | 76 571 | 1.6% | 215 013 | 206 747 | 4.0% | |
| Finland-Sweden | 7 400 | 9 212 | -19.7% | 20 888 | 24 495 | -14.7% | |
| Estonia-Finland | 59 497 | 55 417 | 7.4% | 162 711 | 150 734 | 7.9% | |
| Estonia-Sweden | 4 407 | 5 183 | -15.0% | 12 976 | 13 572 | -4.4% | |
| Latvia-Sweden | 6 517 | 6 759 | -3.6% | 18 438 | 17 946 | 2.7% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in March 2014:
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
The cruise ferry Victoria I did not operate for 8 days due to scheduled maintenance, the vessel was not replaced during that time.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
In May 2013 the cruise ferry Isabelle replaced the cruise ferry Silja Festival on the Riga-Stockholm route.
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of the Financial Department
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee
