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2017 September 5   16:56

Tallink Grupp transported 980,234 passengers in Aug’17, up 1.9% Y-o-Y

AS Tallink Grupp says it transported 980 234 passengers in August 2017, which is a 1.9% increase compared to August 2016. The number of cargo units increased by 14.5% to 30 659 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 7.8% to 116 035 units in the same comparison.

AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for August 2017 were the following: 

 

August 2017

August 2016

Change

 

 

 

 

Passengers

980 234

961 851

1.9%

 

 

 

 

Finland - Sweden

291 208

289 581

0.6%

 

 

 

 

Estonia - Finland

492 560

521 048

-5.5%

 

 

 

 

Estonia - Sweden

108 007

101 081

6.9%

 

 

 

 

Latvia - Sweden

88 459

50 141

76.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cargo Units

30 659

26 775

14.5%

 

 

 

 

Finland - Sweden

5 668

5 067

11.9%

 

 

 

 

Estonia - Finland

20 275

17 848

13.6%

 

 

 

 

Estonia - Sweden

3 676

3 430

7.2%

 

 

 

 

Latvia - Sweden

1 040

430

141.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passenger Vehicles

116 035

125 911

-7.8%

 

 

 

 

Finland - Sweden

21 977

23 924

-8.1%

 

 

 

 

Estonia - Finland

77 543

87 529

-11.4%

 

 

 

 

Estonia - Sweden

8 331

8 057

3.4%

 

 

 

 

Latvia - Sweden

8 184

6 401

27.9%

 

 

 

 

The following operational factors influenced the development in August 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.

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