In January 2018 AS Tallink Grupp transported 592 380 passengers, which is a 5.5% increase compared to January 2017. According to the company’s statistics, the number of cargo units increased by 20.5% to 30 015 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 8.4% to 73 925 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for January 2018 were the following:
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January 2018 |
January 2017 |
Change |
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Passengers |
592 380 |
561 493 |
5,5% |
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Finland - Sweden |
155 667 |
166 480 |
-6,5% |
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Estonia - Finland |
316 238 |
289 804 |
9,1% |
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Estonia - Sweden |
71 959 |
64 748 |
11,1% |
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Latvia - Sweden |
48 516 |
40 461 |
19,9% |
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Cargo Units |
30 015 |
24 904 |
20,5% |
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Finland - Sweden |
5 726 |
5 951 |
-3,8% |
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Estonia - Finland |
18 834 |
15 061 |
25,1% |
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Estonia - Sweden |
4 192 |
3 175 |
32,0% |
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Latvia - Sweden |
1 263 |
717 |
76,2% |
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Passenger Vehicles |
73 925 |
68 189 |
8,4% |
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Finland - Sweden |
6 854 |
7 285 |
-5,9% |
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Estonia - Finland |
56 225 |
50 961 |
10,3% |
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Estonia - Sweden |
5 319 |
4 914 |
8,2% |
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Latvia - Sweden |
5 527 |
5 029 |
9,9% |
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The following operational factors influenced the development in January 2018:
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.
FINLAND – SWEDEN
The cruise ferry Baltic Princess did not operate on the route for 22 days due to scheduled maintenance.