Tallinn, 2015-10-05 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AS Tallink Grupp statistics for September 2015 and the third quarter of the 2015 financial year
In September 2015 AS Tallink Grupp transported 632 379 passengers which is nearly a 7% increase compared to September 2014. The number of cargo units increased by almost 1% to 28 082 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 2% to 86 324 in same comparison.
In the third quarter of the 2015 financial year (July-September) AS Tallink Grupp transported 2 701 412 passengers which is more than a 5% increase compared to the previous year. The number of cargo units decreased by 1% to 76 062 units transported and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 1% to 358 009 units transported.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for September 2015 and third quarter of the financial year were the following:
| September 2015 | September 2014 | change | III Quarter 2015 | III Quarter 2014 | change | |
| Passengers | 632 379 | 593 064 | 6.6% | 2 701 412 | 2 561 257 | 5.5% |
| Finland-Sweden | 178 405 | 155 880 | 14.5% | 842 975 | 777 727 | 8.4% |
| Estonia-Finland | 348 770 | 331 427 | 5.2% | 1 443 227 | 1 324 963 | 8.9% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 69 563 | 67 261 | 3.4% | 277 223 | 273 014 | 1.5% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 35 641 | 38 496 | -7.4% | 137 987 | 185 553 | -25.6% |
| Cargo Units | 28 082 | 27 885 | 0.7% | 76 062 | 76 830 | -1.0% |
| Finland-Sweden | 5 465 | 7 610 | -28.2% | 14 147 | 19 868 | -28.8% |
| Estonia-Finland | 17 893 | 15 616 | 14.6% | 50 578 | 43 862 | 15.3% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 4 095 | 4 017 | 1.9% | 9 710 | 10 589 | -8.3% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 629 | 642 | -2.0% | 1 627 | 2 511 | -35.2% |
| Passenger Vehicles | 86 324 | 84 707 | 1.9% | 358 009 | 354 302 | 1.0% |
| Finland-Sweden | 10 551 | 9 996 | 5.6% | 69 762 | 70 100 | -0.5% |
| Estonia-Finland | 65 393 | 63 879 | 2.4% | 247 613 | 235 499 | 5.1% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 5 495 | 5 521 | -0.5% | 23 569 | 24 899 | -5.3% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 4 885 | 5 311 | -8.0% | 17 065 | 23 804 | -28.3% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in September 2015:
FINLAND-SWEDEN
In September the cruise ferry Baltic Princess did not operate for 8 days due to scheduled maintenance works, the vessel was not replaced during that time.
Veiko Haavapuu
Finance Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7, 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 9914
E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee
