In September 2016 AS Tallink Grupp transported 705 035 passengers, which is a 11.5% increase compared to September 2015, Tallink Grupp says in a press release. The number of cargo units increased by 8.8% to 30 560 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 8.5% to 93 678 units in the same comparison.
In the third quarter of the 2016 financial year (July - September) AS Tallink Grupp transported 2 855 112 passengers which is a 5.7% increase compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased by 6.7% to 81 170 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 6.2% to 380 343 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for September 2016 and third quarter of the financial year were the following:
|
|
September |
September |
Change |
|
III Quarter 2016 |
III Quarter 2015 |
Change |
|
Passengers |
705 035 |
632 379 |
11.50% |
|
2 855 112 |
2 701 412 |
5.70% |
|
Finland - Sweden |
204 546 |
178 405 |
14.70% |
|
862 654 |
842 975 |
2.30% |
|
Estonia - Finland |
386 138 |
348 770 |
10.70% |
|
1 568 420 |
1 443 227 |
8.70% |
|
Estonia - Sweden |
73 913 |
69 563 |
6.30% |
|
280 141 |
277 223 |
1.10% |
|
Latvia - Sweden |
40 438 |
35 641 |
13.50% |
|
143 897 |
137 987 |
4.30% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cargo Units |
30 560 |
28 082 |
8.80% |
|
81 170 |
76 062 |
6.70% |
|
Finland - Sweden |
5 935 |
5 465 |
8.60% |
|
14 878 |
14 147 |
5.20% |
|
Estonia - Finland |
20 060 |
17 893 |
12.10% |
|
54 423 |
50 578 |
7.60% |
|
Estonia - Sweden |
3 906 |
4 095 |
-4.60% |
|
10 336 |
9 710 |
6.40% |
|
Latvia - Sweden |
659 |
629 |
4.80% |
|
1 533 |
1 627 |
-5.80% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passenger Vehicles |
93 678 |
86 324 |
8.50% |
|
380 343 |
358 009 |
6.20% |
|
Finland - Sweden |
11 767 |
10 551 |
11.50% |
|
73 136 |
69 762 |
4.80% |
|
Estonia - Finland |
71 861 |
65 393 |
9.90% |
|
265 491 |
247 613 |
7.20% |
|
Estonia - Sweden |
5 533 |
5 495 |
0.70% |
|
23 322 |
23 569 |
-1.00% |
|
Latvia - Sweden |
4 517 |
4 885 |
-7.50% |
|
18 394 |
17 065 |
7.80% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in September and in the third quarter of 2016:
ESTONIA-FINLAND
The cruise ferry Silja Europa operated on the Tallinn-Helsinki route from 13 March 2016 to 29 August 2016.