AS Tallink Grupp transported 808,383 passengers in October 2017
In October 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 808 383 passengers, which is a 0.5% increase compared to October 2016. The number of cargo units increased by 15.9% to 34 989 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 2.3% to 90 104 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for October 2017 were the following:
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October 2017 |
October 2016 |
Change |
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Passengers |
808 383 |
804 639 |
0.5% |
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Finland - Sweden |
247 921 |
261 009 |
-5.0% |
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Estonia - Finland |
422 344 |
422 031 |
0.1% |
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Estonia - Sweden |
79 831 |
75 530 |
5.7% |
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Latvia - Sweden |
58 287 |
46 069 |
26.5% |
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Cargo Units |
34 989 |
30 195 |
15.9% |
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Finland - Sweden |
7 007 |
6 583 |
6.4% |
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Estonia - Finland |
22 250 |
18 787 |
18.4% |
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Estonia - Sweden |
4 245 |
4 123 |
3.0% |
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Latvia - Sweden |
1 487 |
702 |
111.8% |
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Passenger Vehicles |
90 104 |
92 256 |
-2.3% |
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Finland - Sweden |
10 107 |
10 451 |
-3.3% |
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Estonia - Finland |
68 429 |
71 602 |
-4.4% |
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Estonia - Sweden |
5 552 |
5 752 |
-3.5% |
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Latvia - Sweden |
6 016 |
4 451 |
35.2% |
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The following operational factors influenced the development in October 2017:
ESTONIA - FINLAND
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.
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
Cruise ferry Romantika started operating on Riga - Stockholm route in December 2016 as a second ship on the route next to cruise ferry Isabelle.
