Tallinn, 2017-11-03 08:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AS Tallink Grupp statistics for October 2017
In October 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 808 383 passengers, which is a 0.5% increase compared to October 2016. The number of cargo units increased by 15.9% to 34 989 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 2.3% to 90 104 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for October 2017 were the following:
| October 2017 | October 2016 | Change | |||||
| Passengers | 808 383 | 804 639 | 0.5% | ||||
| Finland - Sweden | 247 921 | 261 009 | -5.0% | ||||
| Estonia - Finland | 422 344 | 422 031 | 0.1% | ||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 79 831 | 75 530 | 5.7% | ||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 58 287 | 46 069 | 26.5% | ||||
| Cargo Units | 34 989 | 30 195 | 15.9% | ||||
| Finland - Sweden | 7 007 | 6 583 | 6.4% | ||||
| Estonia - Finland | 22 250 | 18 787 | 18.4% | ||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 4 245 | 4 123 | 3.0% | ||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 1 487 | 702 | 111.8% | ||||
| Passenger Vehicles | 90 104 | 92 256 | -2.3% | ||||
| Finland - Sweden | 10 107 | 10 451 | -3.3% | ||||
| Estonia - Finland | 68 429 | 71 602 | -4.4% | ||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 5 552 | 5 752 | -3.5% | ||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 6 016 | 4 451 | 35.2% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in October 2017:
ESTONIA - FINLAND
On 29 January 2017 the new LNG fast ferry Megastar started operating Tallink Shuttle service on the Tallinn - Helsinki route and replaced fast ferry Superstar.
In December 2016 the cruise ferry Silja Europa started operating on the Tallinn - Helsinki route, replacing the cruise ferry Baltic Queen.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
In December 2016 the cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operating on the Tallinn - Stockholm route, replacing the cruise ferry Romantika.
LATVIA - SWEDEN
Cruise ferry Romantika started operating on Riga - Stockholm route in December 2016 as a second ship on the route next to cruise ferry Isabelle.
Veiko Haavapuu
Finance Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7
10111 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel. +372 640 9914
E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee
