AS Tallink Grupp has published its statistics for December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the 2017 financial year.
In December 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 815 255 passengers, which is a 6.2% increase compared to December 2016. The number of cargo units increased by 10.0% to 28 315 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 0.6% to 87 672 units in the same comparison.
In the fourth quarter of the 2017 financial year (October – December) AS Tallink Grupp transported 2 316 144 passengers which is a 4.0% increase compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased by 14.1% to 97 345 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 0.8% to 253 896 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the financial year were the following:
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December 2017 |
December 2016 |
Change |
IV Quarter 2017 |
IV Quarter 2016 |
Change |
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Passengers |
815 255 |
767 630 |
6.2% |
2 316 144 |
2 226 320 |
4.0% |
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Finland - Sweden |
232 347 |
222 693 |
4.3% |
694 884 |
685 113 |
1.4% |
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Estonia - Finland |
435 511 |
412 850 |
5.5% |
1 217 468 |
1 186 508 |
2.6% |
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Estonia - Sweden |
86 537 |
81 177 |
6.6% |
236 739 |
223 025 |
6.1% |
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Latvia - Sweden |
60 860 |
50 910 |
19.5% |
167 053 |
131 674 |
26.9% |
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Cargo Units |
28 315 |
25 742 |
10.0% |
97 345 |
85 350 |
14.1% |
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Finland - Sweden |
5 976 |
5 647 |
5.8% |
20 098 |
18 737 |
7.3% |
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Estonia - Finland |
17 893 |
15 936 |
12.3% |
61 674 |
53 113 |
16.1% |
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Estonia - Sweden |
3 292 |
3 359 |
-2.0% |
11 457 |
11 326 |
1.2% |
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Latvia - Sweden |
1 154 |
800 |
44.3% |
4 116 |
2 174 |
89.3% |
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Passenger Vehicles |
87 672 |
87 155 |
0.6% |
253 896 |
255 827 |
-0.8% |
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Finland - Sweden |
9 963 |
9 050 |
10.1% |
26 980 |
26 288 |
2.6% |
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Estonia - Finland |
66 966 |
67 267 |
-0.4% |
195 931 |
200 690 |
-2.4% |
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Estonia - Sweden |
5 176 |
5 408 |
-4.3% |
14 909 |
15 677 |
-4.9% |
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Latvia - Sweden |
5 567 |
5 430 |
2.5% |
16 076 |
13 172 |
22.0% |
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The following operational factors influenced the development in December and in the fourth quarter of 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.