AS Tallink Grupp reports its performance in Q4’18

In December 2018 AS Tallink Grupp transported 811 261 passengers, which is a 0.5% decrease compared to December 2017. The number of cargo units decreased by 4.4% to 27 076 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 3.3% to 84 814 units in the same comparison.

In the fourth quarter of the 2018 financial year (October – December) AS Tallink Grupp transported 2 251 084 passengers which is a 2.8% decrease compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased by 1.0% to 98 286 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 5.9% to 238 880 units in same comparison.

AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for December 2018 and the fourth quarter of the financial year were the following:

	December 2018	December 2017	Change	Q4 2018	Q4 2017	Change
Passengers	811 261	815 255	-0.5%	2 251 084	2 316 144	-2.8%
Finland - Sweden	240 370	232 347	3.5%	682 994	694 884	-1.7%
Estonia - Finland	427 980	435 511	-1.7%	1 173 165	1 217 468	-3.6%
Estonia - Sweden	81 799	86 537	-5.5%	221 979	236 739	-6.2%
Latvia - Sweden	61 112	60 860	0.4%	172 946	167 053	3.5%
Cargo Units	27 076	28 315	-4.4%	98 286	97 345	1.0%
Finland - Sweden	5 566	5 976	-6.9%	20 510	20 098	2.0%
Estonia - Finland	16 995	17 893	-5.0%	61 585	61 674	-0.1%
Estonia - Sweden	3 347	3 292	1.7%	11 941	11 457	4.2%
Latvia - Sweden	1 168	1 154	1.2%	4 250	4 116	3.3%
Passenger Vehicles	84 814	87 672	-3.3%	238 880	253 896	-5.9%
Finland - Sweden	9 549	9 963	-4.2%	25 790	26 980	-4.4%
Estonia - Finland	65 703	66 966	-1.9%	185 096	195 931	-5.5%
Estonia - Sweden	4 663	5 176	-9.9%	13 307	14 909	-10.7%
Latvia - Sweden	4 899	5 567	-12.0%	14 687	16 076	-8.6%

The following operational factors influenced the development in December and in the fourth quarter of 2018: 

FINLAND – SWEDEN

The cruise ferry Silja Serenade did not operate on the route for 12 days due to scheduled maintenance.