Tallinn, 2015-05-05 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Statistics for April 2015
In April 2015 AS Tallink Grupp transported 714 895 passengers which is nearly a 1% increase compared to April 2014. The number of cargo units increased over 1% to 26 245 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased more than 9% to 87 283 in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for April were the following:
| April 2015 | April 2014 | change | |
| Passengers | 714 895 | 709 931 | 0.7% |
| Finland-Sweden | 234 682 | 232 392 | 1.0% |
| Estonia-Finland | 362 047 | 335 699 | 7.8% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 79 849 | 82 410 | -3.1% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 38 317 | 59 430 | -35.5% |
| Cargo Units | 26 245 | 25 948 | 1.1% |
| Finland-Sweden | 5 968 | 7 742 | -22.9% |
| Estonia-Finland | 16 574 | 12 761 | 29.9% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 3 107 | 4 091 | -24.1% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 596 | 1 354 | -56.0% |
| Passenger Vehicles | 87 283 | 79 932 | 9.2% |
| Finland-Sweden | 11 397 | 10 792 | 5.6% |
| Estonia-Finland | 65 781 | 56 213 | 17.0% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 5 679 | 6 127 | -7.3% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 4 426 | 6 800 | -34.9% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in April 2015:
ESTONIA-FINLAND
In August 2014 the cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operating on the Tallinn-Helsinki route, replacing the cruise ferry Silja Europa.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
In August 2014 the cruise ferry Romantika started operating on the Tallinn-Stockholm route, replacing the cruise ferry Baltic Queen.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
In August 2014 the cruise ferry Romantika stopped operating on the Riga-Stockholm route, the cruise ferry Isabelle continues operating on the route.
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of the Finance Department
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee
