AS Tallink Grupp has posted its statistics for March 2016 and the first quarter of the 2016 financial year.
In March 2016 AS Tallink Grupp transported 763 667 passengers which is nearly a 19% increase compared to March 2015. The number of cargo units decreased by 2% to 27 208 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 7% to 83 069 in same comparison.
In the first quarter of the 2016 financial year (January-March) AS Tallink Grupp transported 1 953 070 passengers which is a 9% increase compared to the previous year. The number of cargo units increased by 3% to 77 279 units transported and the number of passenger vehicles increased by almost 5% to 221 322 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for March 2016 and first quarter of the financial year were the following:
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March 2016 |
March 2015 |
change |
|
I Quarter 2016 |
I Quarter 2015 |
change |
|
Passengers |
763 667 |
643 700 |
18.6% |
|
1 953 070 |
1 793 414 |
8.9% |
|
Finland-Sweden |
258 892 |
202 798 |
27.7% |
|
624 302 |
584 799 |
6.8% |
|
Estonia-Finland |
383 596 |
336 453 |
14.0% |
|
1 000 609 |
918 296 |
9.0% |
|
Estonia-Sweden |
81 650 |
72 560 |
12.5% |
|
221 593 |
195 569 |
13.3% |
|
Latvia-Sweden |
39 529 |
31 889 |
24.0% |
|
106 566 |
94 750 |
12.5% |
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|
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|
|
Cargo Units |
27 208 |
27 730 |
-1.9% |
|
77 279 |
75 172 |
2.8% |
|
Finland-Sweden |
6 266 |
6 449 |
-2.8% |
|
17 717 |
17 032 |
4.0% |
|
Estonia-Finland |
16 758 |
17 258 |
-2.9% |
|
47 517 |
47 003 |
1.1% |
|
Estonia-Sweden |
3 462 |
3 348 |
3.4% |
|
10 055 |
9 232 |
8.9% |
|
Latvia-Sweden |
722 |
675 |
7.0% |
|
1 990 |
1 905 |
4.5% |
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Passenger Vehicles |
83 069 |
77 673 |
6.9% |
|
221 322 |
211 429 |
4.7% |
|
Finland-Sweden |
8 921 |
7 297 |
22.3% |
|
22 826 |
20 293 |
12.5% |
|
Estonia-Finland |
64 070 |
60 822 |
5.3% |
|
171 605 |
164 916 |
4.1% |
|
Estonia-Sweden |
5 758 |
5 198 |
10.8% |
|
15 383 |
13 870 |
10.9% |
|
Latvia-Sweden |
4 320 |
4 356 |
-0.8% |
|
11 508 |
12 350 |
-6.8% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in March 2016:
FINLAND-SWEDEN
The cruise ferry Baltic Princess did not operate for 2 days due to unscheduled technical repair.
ESTONIA-FINLAND
The cruise ferry Silja Europa started operating on the Tallinn-Helsinki route on 13 March 2016.
The fast ferry Superstar and cruise ferry Baltic Queen did not operate for 9 and 3 days respectively due to the scheduled maintenance.