In March 2019 AS Tallink Grupp transported 686 488 passengers, which is a 4.1% decrease compared to March 2018. The number of cargo units increased by 2.0% to 32 524 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 5.9% to 76 016 units in the same comparison, the company says in a press release.
In the first quarter of the 2019 financial year (January - March) AS Tallink Grupp transported 1 855 772 passengers which is a 3.9% decrease compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased by 2.7% to 93 114 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 3.7% to 214 087 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for March 2019 and the first quarter of the financial year were the following:
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|
March 2019 |
March 2018 |
Change |
Q1 2019 |
Q1 2018 |
Change |
|
Passengers |
686 488 |
715 786 |
-4.1% |
1 855 772 |
1 930 449 |
-3.9% |
|
Finland - Sweden |
216 302 |
203 724 |
6.2% |
565 002 |
522 945 |
8.0% |
|
Estonia - Finland |
357 814 |
374 617 |
-4.5% |
996 982 |
1 025 036 |
-2.7% |
|
Estonia - Sweden |
61 493 |
81 326 |
-24.4% |
155 516 |
227 279 |
-31.6% |
|
Latvia - Sweden |
50 879 |
56 119 |
-9.3% |
138 272 |
155 189 |
-10.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cargo Units |
32 524 |
31 879 |
2.0% |
93 114 |
90 687 |
2.7% |
|
Finland - Sweden |
7 366 |
5 794 |
27.1% |
19 661 |
16 145 |
21.8% |
|
Estonia - Finland |
20 131 |
20 577 |
-2.2% |
59 766 |
58 376 |
2.4% |
|
Estonia - Sweden |
3 639 |
4 145 |
-12.2% |
9 638 |
12 258 |
-21.4% |
|
Latvia - Sweden |
1 388 |
1 363 |
1.8% |
4 049 |
3 908 |
3.6% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Passenger Vehicles |
76 016 |
80 768 |
-5.9% |
214 087 |
222 370 |
-3.7% |
|
Finland - Sweden |
6 982 |
6 771 |
3.1% |
19 438 |
18 219 |
6.7% |
|
Estonia - Finland |
61 016 |
63 191 |
-3.4% |
171 511 |
174 110 |
-1.5% |
|
Estonia - Sweden |
3 740 |
4 999 |
-25.2% |
10 369 |
14 496 |
-28.5% |
|
Latvia - Sweden |
4 278 |
5 807 |
-26.3% |
12 769 |
15 545 |
-17.9% |
Commenting on the statistics, Tallink Grupp’s CEO Paavo Nõgene said:
„The first quarter of 2019 has been an extremely busy period for Tallink Grupp with six of our vessels going through various renewals and upgrades during planned dockings at shipyards in Poland, Lithuania and Finland. The dockings have meant that we have had a total of 2 234 trips in total on all our vessels in the first quarter as compared to 2 299 trips in the first quarter of 2018, which inevitably has had an impact on the passenger numbers and is something we expected.
„Our last vessel to go through renewals this spring, which is Isabelle operating on the Riga-Stockholm route, will be returning from the dock in Naantali this Friday and after that we will resume business as usual with all our vessels and on all our routes ahead of the high season. And what’s more important, we will be resuming business as usual with upgraded vessels, which are even more energy efficient, eco-friendly and will offer our customers an even better experience on board.“
According to maritime regulations all passenger vessels must go through regular maintenance at least twice in five years. Tallink Grupp’s has invested over 90 million euros into modernising and upgrading its vessels in the last five years as part of the company’s ongoing ship renovation programme.
Tallink Grupp operated approximately 3% less trips on its vessels in Q1 2019 as compared to the same period last year due to the planned dockings of its vessels.
AS Tallink Grupp is one of the leading providers of passenger transport and cargo transport services in the northern part of the Baltic Sea region. The company owns 14 vessels and operates seven ferry routes under the brand names of Tallink and Silja Line. AS Tallink Grupp employs over 7,400 people in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Russia and Germany. In 2018, Tallink Grupp provided services to 9.8 million travellers and transported approximately 385,000 freight units of goods. The shares of Tallink Grupp are listed on the Tallinn Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Helsinki Stock Exchange.