Tallinn, 2017-12-05 08:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AS Tallink Grupp statistics for November 2017
In November 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 692 506 passengers, which is a 5.9% increase compared to November 2016. The number of cargo units increased by 15.7% to 34 041 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 0.4% to 76 120 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for November 2017 were the following:
| November 2017 | November 2016 | Change | |||||
| Passengers | 692 506 | 654 051 | 5.9% | ||||
| Finland - Sweden | 214 616 | 201 411 | 6.6% | ||||
| Estonia - Finland | 359 613 | 351 627 | 2.3% | ||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 70 371 | 66 318 | 6.1% | ||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 47 906 | 34 695 | 38.1% | ||||
| Cargo Units | 34 041 | 29 413 | 15.7% | ||||
| Finland - Sweden | 7 115 | 6 507 | 9.3% | ||||
| Estonia - Finland | 21 531 | 18 390 | 17.1% | ||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 3 920 | 3 844 | 2.0% | ||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 1 475 | 672 | 119.5% | ||||
| Passenger Vehicles | 76 120 | 76 416 | -0.4% | ||||
| Finland - Sweden | 6 910 | 6 787 | 1.8% | ||||
| Estonia - Finland | 60 536 | 61 821 | -2.1% | ||||
| Estonia - Sweden | 4 181 | 4 517 | -7.4% | ||||
| Latvia - Sweden | 4 493 | 3 291 | 36.5% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in November 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
