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2017 November 8   15:30

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:

 

October 2017

October 2016

Change

 

 

 

 

Passengers

808 383

804 639

0.5%

 

 

 

 

Finland - Sweden

247 921

261 009

-5.0%

 

 

 

 

Estonia - Finland

422 344

422 031

0.1%

 

 

 

 

Estonia - Sweden

79 831

75 530

5.7%

 

 

 

 

Latvia - Sweden

58 287

46 069

26.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cargo Units

34 989

30 195

15.9%

 

 

 

 

Finland - Sweden

7 007

6 583

6.4%

 

 

 

 

Estonia - Finland

22 250

18 787

18.4%

 

 

 

 

Estonia - Sweden

4 245

4 123

3.0%

 

 

 

 

Latvia - Sweden

1 487

702

111.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passenger Vehicles

90 104

92 256

-2.3%

 

 

 

 

Finland - Sweden

10 107

10 451

-3.3%

 

 

 

 

Estonia - Finland

68 429

71 602

-4.4%

 

 

 

 

Estonia - Sweden

5 552

5 752

-3.5%

 

 

 

 

Latvia - Sweden

6 016

4 451

35.2%

 

 

 

 

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.

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