AS Tallink Grupp posts its statistics for December 2016 and the fourth quarter of the 2016 financial year.
In December 2016 AS Tallink Grupp transported 767 630 passengers, which is a 7.8% increase compared to December 2015. The number of cargo units increased by 5.9% to 25 742 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 2.2% to 87 155 units in the same comparison.
In the fourth quarter of the 2016 financial year (October - December) AS Tallink Grupp transported 2 226 283 passengers which is a 4.7% increase compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased by 9.2% to 85 349 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 1.6% to 255 820 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for December 2016 and fourth quarter of the financial year were the following:
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December 2016 |
December |
Change |
IV Quarter 2016 |
IV Quarter 2015 |
Change |
|
Passengers |
767 630 |
712 129 |
7.8% |
2 226 283 |
2 125 361 |
4.7% |
|
Finland - Sweden |
222 693 |
210 279 |
5.9% |
685 112 |
650 193 |
5.4% |
|
Estonia - Finland |
412 850 |
393 362 |
5.0% |
1 186 484 |
1 150 665 |
3.1% |
|
Estonia - Sweden |
81 177 |
73 278 |
10.8% |
223 022 |
221 529 |
0.7% |
|
Latvia - Sweden |
50 910 |
35 210 |
44.6% |
131 665 |
102 974 |
27.9% |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Cargo Units |
25 742 |
24 298 |
5.9% |
85 349 |
78 136 |
9.2% |
|
Finland - Sweden |
5 647 |
5 228 |
8.0% |
18 736 |
16 411 |
14.2% |
|
Estonia - Finland |
15 936 |
15 068 |
5.8% |
53 113 |
49 058 |
8.3% |
|
Estonia - Sweden |
3 359 |
3 408 |
-1.4% |
11 326 |
10 744 |
5.4% |
|
Latvia - Sweden |
800 |
594 |
34.7% |
2 174 |
1 923 |
13.1% |
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|
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Passenger Vehicles |
87 155 |
85 300 |
2.2% |
255 820 |
251 756 |
1.6% |
|
Finland - Sweden |
9 050 |
9 937 |
-8.9% |
26 288 |
25 935 |
1.4% |
|
Estonia - Finland |
67 267 |
66 487 |
1.2% |
200 684 |
198 346 |
1.2% |
|
Estonia - Sweden |
5 408 |
5 063 |
6.8% |
15 676 |
15 224 |
3.0% |
|
Latvia - Sweden |
5 430 |
3 813 |
42.4% |
13 172 |
12 251 |
7.5% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in December and in the fourth quarter of 2016:
ESTONIA-FINLAND
In December 2016 the cruise ferry Silja Europa started operating on the Tallinn-Helsinki route, replacing the cruise ferry Baltic Queen.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
In December 2016 the cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operating on the Tallinn-Stockholm route, replacing the cruise ferry Romantika.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
In December 2016 the cruise ferry Romantika started operating on the Riga-Stockholm route.