Tallinn, 2017-09-05 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AS Tallink Grupp statistics for August 2017
In August 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 980 234 passengers, which is a 1.9% increase compared to August 2016. The number of cargo units increased by 14.5% to 30 659 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 7.8% to 116 035 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for August 2017 were the following:
| August 2017 | August 2016 | Change | |||||
| Passengers | 980 234 | 961 851 | 1.9% | ||||
| Finland - Sweden | 291 208 | 289 581 | 0.6% | ||||
| Estonia - Finland | 492 560 | 521 048 | -5.5% | ||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 108 007 | 101 081 | 6.9% | ||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 88 459 | 50 141 | 76.4% | ||||
| Cargo Units | 30 659 | 26 775 | 14.5% | ||||
| Finland - Sweden | 5 668 | 5 067 | 11.9% | ||||
| Estonia - Finland | 20 275 | 17 848 | 13.6% | ||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 3 676 | 3 430 | 7.2% | ||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 1 040 | 430 | 141.9% | ||||
| Passenger Vehicles | 116 035 | 125 911 | -7.8% | ||||
| Finland - Sweden | 21 977 | 23 924 | -8.1% | ||||
| Estonia - Finland | 77 543 | 87 529 | -11.4% | ||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 8 331 | 8 057 | 3.4% | ||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 8 184 | 6 401 | 27.9% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in August 2017:
ESTONIA - FINLAND
On 12 December 2016 the cruise ferry Silja Europa started operating the Tallinn - Helsinki route cruise service, during the period of 13 March to 29 August 2016, the route was operated with two ships, the Baltic Queen and Silja Europa.
On 29 January 2017 the new LNG fast ferry Megastar started operating Tallink Shuttle service on the Tallinn - Helsinki route and replaced fast ferry Superstar.
LATVIA - SWEDEN
The cruise ferry Romantika started operating on the Riga - Stockholm route on 12 December 2016 as second ship on the route next to cruise ferry Isabelle.
Veiko Haavapuu
Finance Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7
10111 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel. +372 640 9914
E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee
