The company transported 153.9% more passengers, 22.8% more cargo units and 37.4% more passenger vehicles
In October 2021 AS Tallink Grupp transported 412 046 passengers, which is an 153.9% increase compared to October 2020. The number of cargo units increased by 22.8% to 34 138 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 37.4% to 63 923 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for October 2021 were the following:
October 2021 |
October 2020 |
Change |
|
Passengers |
412 046 |
162 311 |
153.9% |
Finland – Sweden |
162 758 |
47 979 |
239.2% |
Estonia – Finland |
210 260 |
110 063 |
91.0% |
Estonia – Sweden |
39 028 |
3 548 |
1 000.0% |
Latvia – Sweden |
0 |
721 |
-100.0% |
Cargo Units |
34 138 |
27 794 |
22.8% |
Finland – Sweden |
6 685 |
4 838 |
38.2% |
Estonia – Finland |
22 073 |
19 008 |
16.1% |
Estonia – Sweden |
5 380 |
3 662 |
46.9% |
Latvia – Sweden |
0 |
286 |
-100.0% |
Passenger Vehicles |
63 923 |
46 524 |
37.4% |
Finland – Sweden |
6 742 |
6 595 |
2.2% |
Estonia – Finland |
54 242 |
39 419 |
37.6% |
Estonia – Sweden |
2 939 |
308 |
854.2% |
Latvia – Sweden |
0 |
202 |
-100.0% |
COVID-19 related developments and travel restrictions were the key operational factors influencing the developments in 2020 and 2021.
ESTONIA – FINLAND: October results reflect shuttle and cruise ferry services. The cruise ferry Victoria I operated on the Tallinn-Helsinki route replacing the cruise ferry Silja Europa that was chartered out from mid-October. Cargo vessel Sea Wind operated in limited capacity due to maintenance works.
ESTONIA – SWEDEN: October results reflect operations of one cruise ferry and two cargo ferries on Estonia-Sweden routes.
FINLAND – SWEDEN: October results reflect operations of Turku-Stockholm and Helsinki-Stockholm routes. Due to maintenance works the cruise ferry Baltic Princess did not operate on the route for 8 days.
LATVIA – SWEDEN: Operations of the Riga-Stockholm route were suspended.