The Group transported 453,880 (-55.4%) and 29,798 cargo units (-2.4%)
In August 2020, AS Tallink Grupp transported 453 880 passengers, which is a 55.4% decrease compared to August 2019. The number of cargo units decreased by 2.4% to 29 798 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 17.3% to 95 430 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for August 2020 were the following:
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|
August 2020 |
August 2019 |
Change |
|
Passengers |
453 880 |
1 017 565 |
-55.4% |
|
Finland - Sweden |
123 369 |
294 825 |
-58.2% |
|
Estonia - Finland |
315 784 |
514 936 |
-38.7% |
|
Estonia - Sweden |
3 550 |
109 988 |
-96.8% |
|
Latvia - Sweden |
11 177 |
97 816 |
-88.6% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cargo Units |
29 798 |
30 519 |
-2.4% |
|
Finland - Sweden |
5 547 |
6 592 |
-15.9% |
|
Estonia - Finland |
20 538 |
19 204 |
6.9% |
|
Estonia - Sweden |
3 485 |
3 443 |
1.2% |
|
Latvia - Sweden |
228 |
1 280 |
-82.2% |
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|
|
|
|
Passenger Vehicles |
95 430 |
115 339 |
-17.3% |
|
Finland - Sweden |
13 280 |
21 033 |
-36.9% |
|
Estonia - Finland |
80 922 |
79 610 |
1.6% |
|
Estonia - Sweden |
307 |
7 857 |
-96.1% |
|
Latvia - Sweden |
921 |
6 839 |
-86.5% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in August 2020:
ESTONIA – FINLAND
Cruise ferry Victoria I was rerouted to Tallinn-Helsinki route from 7 June. In August, cruise ferry Baltic Queen operated 4 special cruises from Tallinn to Aland and 6 special cruises from Tallinn to Turku.
ESTONIA – SWEDEN
Operations of Tallinn-Stockholm route have been suspended since 15 March due to travel restrictions. In addition to cargo vessel Regal Star cruise ferry Isabelle and cargo vessel Sailor are operating on Estonia-Sweden routes, starting from 7 June and 12 July, respectively. In August, cruise ferry Baltic Queen operated one special return trip on Tallinn-Stockholm route.
FINLAND – SWEDEN
Operations of Helsinki-Stockholm route have been suspended since 19 March due to travel restrictions. Cruise ferry Silja Serenade was rerouted to Helsinki-Riga route from 26 June. In August, cruise ferry Silja Symphony operated 6 special cruises on Stockholm-Visby route and 2 special cruises on Stockholm-Härnösand route.
LATVIA – SWEDEN
Operations of Riga-Stockholm route have been suspended since 16 March due to travel restrictions. In August, cruise ferry Romantika operated one special cruise from Riga to Aland and 3 from Riga to Helsinki. Cruise ferry Romantika also operated 4 special return trips on Riga-Stockholm route to transport cargo and workers.