Between January and October the cargo traffic amounted to nearly 7.2 million tonnes, which is 24 % less than last year at the same time. Port of Helsinki's market share of the unitized cargo traffic in all Finnish ports rose to roughly 26 %. Port of Helsinki's market share of transported containers was 33 %. Some 56 % of all trucks and trailers were transported through the Port of Helsinki.
The total number of passengers in October was 775,000, which was roughly 10 % more than in October 2008. The number of passengers between January and October climbed to 7.7 million, which is a 1 % increase from the previous year.