Tallinn, 2012-03-05 08:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Statistics for February 2012
In February 2012 AS Tallink Grupp transported 628 023 passengers which is more than a 3% decrease compared to February 2011. The number of passenger vehicles increased over 3% to 64 338 and trucks and trailers increased by 6% to 22 446 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for February were the following:
| February 2012 | February 2011 | change | |
| Passengers | 628 023 | 650 072 | -3.4% |
| Finland-Sweden | 252 985 | 260 247 | -2.8% |
| Estonia-Finland | 282 244 | 281 025 | 0.4% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 59 875 | 71 510 | -16.3% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 32 919 | 37 290 | -11.7% |
| Finland-Germany | 0 | 0 | - |
| Cargo Units | 22 446 | 21 193 | 5.9% |
| Finland-Sweden | 7 991 | 7 993 | 0.0% |
| Estonia-Finland | 10 108 | 7 954 | 27.1% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 2 915 | 3 576 | -18.5% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 1 432 | 1 670 | -14.3% |
| Finland-Germany | 0 | 0 | - |
| Passenger Vehicles | 64 338 | 62 325 | 3.2% |
| Finland-Sweden | 7 492 | 8 101 | -7.5% |
| Estonia-Finland | 48 049 | 45 353 | 5.9% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 3 685 | 3 770 | -2.3% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 5 112 | 5 101 | 0.2% |
| Finland-Germany | 0 | 0 | - |
The following operational factors influenced the development in February 2012:
LATVIA-SWEDEN
In February 2012 The cruise ferry M/S Romantika did not operate for 4 days because of scheduled maintenance, the vessel was not replaced during that time.
FINLAND-GERMANY
Operations on the route were ended. The ships that previously operated there are chartered out of the group.
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of Investor Relations
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee
