Tallinn, 2018-01-03 08:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AS Tallink Grupp statistics for December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the 2017 financial year
In December 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 815 255 passengers, which is a 6.2% increase compared to December 2016. The number of cargo units increased by 10.0% to 28 315 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 0.6% to 87 672 units in the same comparison.
In the fourth quarter of the 2017 financial year (October – December) AS Tallink Grupp transported 2 316 144 passengers which is a 4.0% increase compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased by 14.1% to 97 345 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 0.8% to 253 896 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the financial year were the following:
December 2017 | December 2016 | Change | IV Quarter 2017 | IV Quarter 2016 | Change | |||||
Passengers | 815 255 | 767 630 | 6.2% | 2 316 144 | 2 226 320 | 4.0% | ||||
Finland - Sweden | 232 347 | 222 693 | 4.3% | 694 884 | 685 113 | 1.4% | ||||
Estonia - Finland | 435 511 | 412 850 | 5.5% | 1 217 468 | 1 186 508 | 2.6% | ||||
Estonia - Sweden | 86 537 | 81 177 | 6.6% | 236 739 | 223 025 | 6.1% | ||||
Latvia - Sweden | 60 860 | 50 910 | 19.5% | 167 053 | 131 674 | 26.9% | ||||
Cargo Units | 28 315 | 25 742 | 10.0% | 97 345 | 85 350 | 14.1% | ||||
Finland - Sweden | 5 976 | 5 647 | 5.8% | 20 098 | 18 737 | 7.3% | ||||
Estonia - Finland | 17 893 | 15 936 | 12.3% | 61 674 | 53 113 | 16.1% | ||||
Estonia - Sweden | 3 292 | 3 359 | -2.0% | 11 457 | 11 326 | 1.2% | ||||
Latvia - Sweden | 1 154 | 800 | 44.3% | 4 116 | 2 174 | 89.3% | ||||
Passenger Vehicles | 87 672 | 87 155 | 0.6% | 253 896 | 255 827 | -0.8% | ||||
Finland - Sweden | 9 963 | 9 050 | 10.1% | 26 980 | 26 288 | 2.6% | ||||
Estonia - Finland | 66 966 | 67 267 | -0.4% | 195 931 | 200 690 | -2.4% | ||||
Estonia - Sweden | 5 176 | 5 408 | -4.3% | 14 909 | 15 677 | -4.9% | ||||
Latvia - Sweden | 5 567 | 5 430 | 2.5% | 16 076 | 13 172 | 22.0% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in December and in the fourth quarter of 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