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2022 March 3   11:48

Tallink Grupp reports passenger transportation growth of over 217% in February 2022

The number of cargo units increased by 24.8%

In February 2022 AS Tallink Grupp transported 235 214 passengers, which is an 217.3% increase compared to February 2021. The number of cargo units increased by 24.8% to 32 958 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 143.0% to 45 295 units in the same comparison, the company's press release says.

AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for February 2022 were the following:

 

February 2022

February 2021

Change

Passengers

235 214

74 129

217.3%

Finland – Sweden

79 233

18 223

334.8%

Estonia – Finland

139 708

52 748

164.9%

Estonia – Sweden

16 273

3 158

415.3%

Latvia – Sweden

0

0

0.0%

Cargo Units

32 958

26 407

24.8%

Finland – Sweden

5 834

5 318

9.7%

Estonia – Finland

22 937

17 600

30.3%

Estonia – Sweden

4 187

3 489

20.0%

Latvia – Sweden

0

0

0.0%

Passenger Vehicles

45 295

18 642

143.0%

Finland – Sweden

4 454

2 139

108.2%

Estonia – Finland

39 830

16 406

142.8%

Estonia – Sweden

1 011

97

942.3%

Latvia – Sweden

0

0

0.0%

COVID-19 related developments and travel restrictions were the key operational factors influencing the developments in February 2021 and 2022.

ESTONIA – FINLAND: February results reflect operations of shuttle and cargo ferry services. Operations of the cruise ferry Silja Europa were suspended in February.

ESTONIA – SWEDEN: February results reflect operations of one cruise ferry and cargo ferries on Estonia-Sweden routes. Operations of the Tallinn-Stockholm route with the cruise ferry Baltic Queen were restarted from 18 February.

FINLAND – SWEDEN: February results reflect operations of Turku-Stockholm and Helsinki-Stockholm routes. Operations of the cruise ferry Silja Serenade were suspended in February.

LATVIA – SWEDEN: Operations of the Riga-Stockholm route were suspended.

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