In February 2010 AS Tallink Grupp transported 551 595 passengers which is a 8.3% decrease compared to February 2009. The number of passenger vehicles increased by 4.7% to 52 324 and trucks and trailers decreased by 1.8% to 18 714 units in same comparison. AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for February 2010 and second quarter of the financial year were the following: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | February | February | change | Q2 | Q2 | change | | | 2010 | 2009 | | 2009/2010 | 2008/2009 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passengers | 551 595 | 601 218 | -8.3% | 1 623 522 | 1 807 414 | -10.2% | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland- | 233 038 | 271 963 | -14.3% | 628 831 | 743 726 | -15.4% | | Sweden | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Estonia- | 238 900 | 237 264 | 0.7% | 732 230 | 750 743 | -2.5% | | Finland | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Estonia- | 52 258 | 64 449 | -18.9% | 157 363 | 212 341 | -25.9% | | Sweden | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Latvia- | 27 399 | 23 321 | 17.5% | 101 118 | 83 992 | 20.4% | | Sweden | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland- | 0 | 4 221 | -100.0% | 3 980 | 16 612 | -76.0% | | Germany | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Cargo | 18 714 | 19 061 | -1.8% | 54 151 | 56 602 | -4.3% | | Units | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland- | 7 010 | 7 225 | -3.0% | 19 937 | 19 443 | 2.5% | | Sweden | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Estonia- | 8 047 | 6 625 | 21.5% | 22 237 | 20 485 | 8.6% | | Finland | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Estonia- | 2 416 | 2 202 | 9.7% | 7 052 | 7 265 | -2.9% | | Sweden | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Latvia- | 1 241 | 1 019 | 21.8% | 3 433 | 3 085 | 11.3% | | Sweden | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland- | 0 | 1 990 | -100.0% | 1 492 | 6 324 | -76.4% | | Germany | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Passenger | 52 324 | 49 954 | 4.7% | 172 700 | 163 572 | 5.6% | | Vehicles | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland- | 7 649 | 8 148 | -6.1% | 26 503 | 27 097 | -2.2% | | Sweden | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Estonia- | 37 095 | 34 524 | 7.4% | 117 692 | 108 405 | 8.6% | | Finland | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Estonia- | 3 168 | 2 955 | 7.2% | 11 812 | 11 910 | -0.8% | | Sweden | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Latvia- | 4 412 | 3 374 | 30.8% | 15 924 | 12 130 | 31.3% | | Sweden | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Finland- | 0 | 953 | -100.0% | 769 | 4 030 | -80.9% | | Germany | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following operational factors influenced the development in February 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 the Riga-Stockholm route. LATVIA-SWEDEN Since May 2009 the cruise ferry Romantika has replaced the smaller M/S Regina Baltica. FINLAND-GERMANY There were no operations on the route due to the scheduled maintenance works. Janek Stalmeister CFO AS Tallink Grupp Tel. +372 6409 800 e-mail: janek.stalmeister@tallink.ee
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