• 2017 November 8 15:30

    AS Tallink Grupp transported 808,383 passengers in 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.




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