OREANDA-NEWS. Statistics for September 2014 and the third quarter of the 2014 financial year

In September 2014 AS Tallink Grupp transported 593 064 passengers which is nearly an 11% decrease compared to September 2013. The number of passenger vehicles decreased over 5% to 84 707 and the number of trucks and trailers increased more than 1% to 27 885 units in same comparison.

In the third quarter of the 2014 financial year (July-September) AS Tallink Grupp transported 2 561 257 passengers which is nearly a 6% decrease compared to the previous year. The number of passenger vehicles decreased by almost 4% to 354 302 units transported and the number of trucks and trailers increased by 1% to 76 830 units in same comparison.

AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for September 2014 and third quarter of the financial year were the following:

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September 2014

September 2013

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III Quarter 2014

III Quarter 2013

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Passengers

593 064

664 976

-10,8%

2 561 257

2 718 778

-5,8%

Finland-Sweden

155 880

184 158

-15,4%

777 727

822 788

-5,5%

Estonia-Finland

331 427

350 253

-5,4%

1 324 963

1 370 790

-3,3%

Estonia-Sweden

67 261

70 646

-4,8%

273 014

283 217

-3,6%

Latvia-Sweden

38 496

59 919

-35,8%

185 553

241 983

-23,3%

Cargo Units

27 885

27 506

1,4%

76 830

76 043

1,0%

Finland-Sweden

7 610

8 097

-6,0%

19 868

22 332

-11,0%

Estonia-Finland

15 616

13 937

12,0%

43 862

39 339

11,5%

Estonia-Sweden

4 017

3 863

4,0%

10 589

10 005

5,8%

Latvia-Sweden

642

1 609

-60,1%

2 511

4 367

-42,5%

Passenger Vehicles

84 707

89 495

-5,4%

354 302

367 969

-3,7%

Finland-Sweden

9 996

10 700

-6,6%

70 100

68 741

2,0%

Estonia-Finland

63 879

65 637

-2,7%

235 499

243 802

-3,4%

Estonia-Sweden

5 521

5 169

6,8%

24 899

24 879

0,1%

Latvia-Sweden

5 311

7 989

-33,5%

23 804

30 547

-22,1%

The following operational factors influenced the development in September 2014:

FINLAND-SWEDEN

In September the cruise ferry Silja Symphony did not operate for 25 days due to scheduled maintenance and reconstruction works, the vessel was not replaced during that time.

ESTONIA-FINLAND

In August 2014 the cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operating on the Tallinn-Helsinki route, replacing the cruise ferry Silja Europa.

ESTONIA-SWEDEN

In August 2014 the cruise ferry Romantika started operating on the Tallinn-Stockholm route, replacing the cruise ferry Baltic Queen.

LATVIA-SWEDEN

In August 2014 the cruise ferry Romantika stopped operating on the Riga-Stockholm route, the cruise ferry Isabelle continues operating on the route.