Tallinn, 2013-05-03 08:55 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Statistics for April 2013
In April 2013 AS Tallink Grupp transported 650 462 passengers which is almost a 13% decrease compared to April 2012. The number of passenger vehicles decreased more than 6% to 79 059 and the number of trucks and trailers increased more than 13% to 26 535 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for April were the following:
| April 2013 | April 2012 | change | |
| Passengers | 650 462 | 745 770 | -12.8% |
| Finland-Sweden | 190 992 | 255 938 | -25.4% |
| Estonia-Finland | 346 206 | 360 017 | -3.8% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 63 172 | 70 129 | -9.9% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 50 092 | 59 686 | -16.1% |
| Cargo Units | 26 535 | 23 412 | 13.3% |
| Finland-Sweden | 8 376 | 7 567 | 10.7% |
| Estonia-Finland | 12 865 | 11 466 | 12.2% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 3 644 | 2 819 | 29.3% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 1 650 | 1 560 | 5.8% |
| Passenger Vehicles | 79 059 | 84 233 | -6.1% |
| Finland-Sweden | 8 615 | 11 429 | -24.6% |
| Estonia-Finland | 58 836 | 59 743 | -1.5% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 4 817 | 5 665 | -15.0% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 6 791 | 7 396 | -8.2% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in April 2013:
FINLAND-SWEDEN
In January 2013 the cruise ferry Baltic Princess replaced the cruise ferry Silja Europa on the Turku-Stockholm route.
ESTONIA-FINLAND
In January 2013 the cruise ferry Silja Europa replaced the cruise ferry Baltic Princess on the Tallinn-Helsinki route.
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of Investor Relations
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee
