Tallink Grupp transported 803,252 passengers in May 2017 (-0.7% vs May 2016)
AS Tallink Grupp has published its statistics for May 2017.
In May 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 803 252 passengers, which is a 0.7% decrease compared to May 2016. The number of cargo units increased by 13.1% to 32 514 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 7.8% to 95 257 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for May 2017 were the following:
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May 2017 |
May 2016 |
Change |
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Passengers |
803 252 |
809 296 |
-0.7% |
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Finland - Sweden |
218 247 |
219 700 |
-0.7% |
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Estonia - Finland |
435 128 |
459 086 |
-5.2% |
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Estonia - Sweden |
90 573 |
87 415 |
3.6% |
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Latvia - Sweden |
59 304 |
43 095 |
37.6% |
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Cargo Units |
32 514 |
28 757 |
13.1% |
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Finland - Sweden |
6 396 |
6 174 |
3.6% |
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Estonia - Finland |
21 175 |
18 297 |
15.7% |
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Estonia - Sweden |
3 931 |
3 673 |
7.0% |
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Latvia - Sweden |
1 012 |
613 |
65.1% |
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Passenger Vehicles |
95 257 |
103 339 |
-7.8% |
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Finland - Sweden |
10 962 |
12 117 |
-9.5% |
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Estonia - Finland |
72 201 |
80 582 |
-10.4% |
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Estonia - Sweden |
6 000 |
6 160 |
-2.6% |
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Latvia - Sweden |
6 094 |
4 480 |
36.0% |
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The following operational factors influenced the development in May 2017:
ESTONIA - FINLAND
On 12 December 2016 the cruise ferry Silja Europa started operating the Tallinn-Helsinki route cruise service, during the period of 13 March to 29 August 2016, the route was operated with two ships, the Baltic Queen and Silja Europa.
On 29 January 2017 the new LNG fast ferry Megastar started operating Tallink Shuttle service on the Tallinn-Helsinki route and replaced fast ferry Superstar.
LATVIA - SWEDEN
The cruise ferry Romantika started operating on the Riga-Stockholm route on 12 December 2016 as second ship on the route next to cruise ferry Isabelle.
