In August 2010 AS Tallink Grupp transported 926 542 passengers which is nearly a
9% increase compared to August 2009. The number of passenger vehicles increased
over 14% to 121 105 and trucks and trailers increased over 15% to 22 354 units
in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for August
2010 and fourth quarter of the financial year were the following:
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| | August | August | change | IV Quarter | IV Quarter | change |
| | 2010 | 2009 | | 2009/2010 | 2008/2009 | |
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|Passengers| 926 542 | 851 919 | 8.8% | 2 839 850 | 2 701 575 | 5.1% |
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| Finland- | 326 113 | 315 159 | 3.5% | 1 053 511 | 1 045 175 | 0.8% |
| Sweden | | | | | | |
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| Estonia- | 402 867 | 360 746 | 11.7% | 1 236 162 | 1 104 713 | 11.9% |
| Finland | | | | | | |
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| Estonia- | 101 680 | 87 531 | 16.2% | 285 431 | 284 860 | 0.2% |
| Sweden | | | | | | |
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| Latvia- | 83 259 | 74 101 | 12.4% | 229 283 | 222 591 | 3.0% |
| Sweden | | | | | | |
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| Finland- | 12 623 | 14 382 | -12.2% | 35 463 | 44 236 | -19.8% |
| Germany | | | | | | |
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| Cargo | 22 354 | 19 368 | 15.4% | 67 297 | 58 634 | 14.8% |
| Units | | | | | | |
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| Finland- | 7 302 | 6 838 | 6.8% | 22 690 | 19 742 | 14.9% |
| Sweden | | | | | | |
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| Estonia- | 8 870 | 7 519 | 18.0% | 26 976 | 23 128 | 16.6% |
| Finland | | | | | | |
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| Estonia- | 2 977 | 2 324 | 28.1% | 8 425 | 7 187 | 17.2% |
| Sweden | | | | | | |
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| Latvia- | 1 273 | 970 | 31.2% | 3 824 | 2 942 | 30.0% |
| Sweden | | | | | | |
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| Finland- | 1 932 | 1 717 | 12.5% | 5 382 | 5 635 | -4.5% |
| Germany | | | | | | |
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| Passenger| 121 105 | 105 873 | 14.4% | 374 304 | 333 587 | 12.2% |
| Vehicles | | | | | | |
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| Finland- | 26 676 | 25 165 | 6.0% | 90 401 | 88 643 | 2.0% |
| Sweden | | | | | | |
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| Estonia- | 71 264 | 59 512 | 19.7% | 217 145 | 182 216 | 19.2% |
| Finland | | | | | | |
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| Estonia- | 9 055 | 7 190 | 25.9% | 27 435 | 22 158 | 23.8% |
| Sweden | | | | | | |
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| Latvia- | 10 081 | 9 577 | 5.3% | 27 864 | 27 121 | 2.7% |
| Sweden | | | | | | |
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| Finland- | 4 029 | 4 429 | -9.0% | 11 459 | 13 449 | -14.8% |
| Germany | | | | | | |
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The following operational factors influenced the development in August 2010.
FINLAND-SWEDEN
In June 2010 the cargo vessel M/S Regal Star started operating on the
Turku-Stockholm route as an additional cargo vessel for the summer period.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
In June 2010 the smaller cargo vessel M/S Kapella replaced M/S Regal Star on the
Paldiski-Kappellskär route for the summer period.
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of Investor Relations
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee
