In July 2008 AS Tallink Grupp transported 906,056 passengers which is 3% less
than in July 2007. The number of transported passengers grew on all routes,
expect on Finland-Sweden routes.
AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for July 2008
were the following:
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| | July 2008 | July 2007 | change |
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| Passengers | 906,056 | 934,063 | -3.0% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 381,950 | 437,713 | -12.7% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 351,602 | 335,139 | 4.9% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 99,430 | 94,840 | 4.8% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 47,069 | 43,579 | 8.0% |
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| Finland-Germany | 26,005 | 22,792 | 14.1% |
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| Cargo units | 24,151 | 28,224 | -14.4% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 6,970 | 8,413 | -17.2% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 9,608 | 9,675 | -0.7% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 3,720 | 2,977 | 25.0% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 1,029 | 792 | 29.9% |
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| Finland-Germany | 2,824 | 6,367 | -55.6% |
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| Passenger vehicles | 104,313 | 101,368 | 2.9% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 34,218 | 43,913 | -22.1% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 46,803 | 35,497 | 31.9% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 8,418 | 8,691 | -3.1% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 6,910 | 6,705 | 3.1% |
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| Finland-Germany | 7,964 | 6,562 | -21.4% |
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The following operational factors influenced the development.
FINLAND-SWEDEN
The sale of M/S SkyWind in August 2007 resulted in smaller capacities in July
2008 compared to July 2007.
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.
On 23rd of July 2008 M/S Galaxy started to operate Turku-Stockholm route by
replacing M/S Silja Festival.
ESTONIA-FINLAND
In the end of April the second Tallink Shuttle vessel Superstar started to
operate between Tallinn and Helsinki.
FINLAND-GERMANY
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
