AS Tallink Grupp statistics for September 2015 and QIII of 2015 financial year

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: 

	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%
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%
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.