In September 2015 AS Tallink Grupp transported 632 379 passengers which is nearly a 7% increase compared to September 2014, the Company says. The number of cargo units increased by almost 1% to 28 082 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 2% to 86 324 in same comparison.
In the third quarter of the 2015 financial year (July-September) AS Tallink Grupp transported 2 701 412 passengers which is more than a 5% increase compared to the previous year. The number of cargo units decreased by 1% to 76 062 units transported and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 1% to 358 009 units transported.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for September 2015 and third quarter of the financial year were the following:
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September 2015 |
September 2014 |
change |
III Quarter 2015 |
III Quarter 2014 |
change |
|
Passengers |
632 379 |
593 064 |
6.6% |
2 701 412 |
2 561 257 |
5.5% |
|
Finland-Sweden |
178 405 |
155 880 |
14.5% |
842 975 |
777 727 |
8.4% |
|
Estonia-Finland |
348 770 |
331 427 |
5.2% |
1 443 227 |
1 324 963 |
8.9% |
|
Estonia-Sweden |
69 563 |
67 261 |
3.4% |
277 223 |
273 014 |
1.5% |
|
Latvia-Sweden |
35 641 |
38 496 |
-7.4% |
137 987 |
185 553 |
-25.6% |
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Cargo Units |
28 082 |
27 885 |
0.7% |
76 062 |
76 830 |
-1.0% |
|
Finland-Sweden |
5 465 |
7 610 |
-28.2% |
14 147 |
19 868 |
-28.8% |
|
Estonia-Finland |
17 893 |
15 616 |
14.6% |
50 578 |
43 862 |
15.3% |
|
Estonia-Sweden |
4 095 |
4 017 |
1.9% |
9 710 |
10 589 |
-8.3% |
|
Latvia-Sweden |
629 |
642 |
-2.0% |
1 627 |
2 511 |
-35.2% |
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Passenger Vehicles |
86 324 |
84 707 |
1.9% |
358 009 |
354 302 |
1.0% |
|
Finland-Sweden |
10 551 |
9 996 |
5.6% |
69 762 |
70 100 |
-0.5% |
|
Estonia-Finland |
65 393 |
63 879 |
2.4% |
247 613 |
235 499 |
5.1% |
|
Estonia-Sweden |
5 495 |
5 521 |
-0.5% |
23 569 |
24 899 |
-5.3% |
|
Latvia-Sweden |
4 885 |
5 311 |
-8.0% |
17 065 |
23 804 |
-28.3% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in September 2015:
FINLAND-SWEDEN
In September the cruise ferry Baltic Princess did not operate for 8 days due to scheduled maintenance works, the vessel was not replaced during that time.