In March 2010 AS Tallink Grupp transported 748 836 passengers which is a 36%
increase compared to March 2009. The number of passenger vehicles increased by
nearly 17% to 64 250. The number of trucks and trailers increased by 19% to 24
688 units.
AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for March
2010 were the following:
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| | March 2010 | March 2009 | change |
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| Passengers | 748 836 | 550 358 | 36.1% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 291 581 | 216 949 | 34.4% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 315 671 | 242 366 | 30.2% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 96 114 | 57 355 | 67.6% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 45 470 | 27 864 | 63.2% |
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| Finland-Germany | 0 | 5 824 | -100.0% |
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| Cargo Units | 24 688 | 20 738 | 19.0% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 8 006 | 8 042 | -0.4% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 11 896 | 7 255 | 64.0% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 3 357 | 2 210 | 51.9% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 1 429 | 1 009 | 41.6% |
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| Finland-Germany | 0 | 2 222 | -100.0% |
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| Passenger Vehicles | 64 250 | 55 008 | 16.8% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 8 666 | 8 297 | 4.4% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 45 104 | 37 430 | 20.5% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 4 373 | 3 790 | 15.4% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 6 107 | 4 221 | 44.7% |
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| Finland-Germany | 0 | 1 270 | -100.0% |
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The following operational factors influenced the development in March 2010.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
The new cruise ferry Baltic Queen is in operations since April 2009 and has
replaced the smaller MS Romantika which moved to Riga-Stockholm route.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
Since May 2009 cruise ferry Romantika has replaced smaller M/S Regina Baltica.
FINLAND-GERMANY
There were no operations on the route due to the scheduled maintenance works.
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of Investor Relations
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7, 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee
