OREANDA-NEWS. In February 2015 AS Tallink Grupp transported 610 785 passengers which is a 5% decrease compared to February 2014. The number trucks and trailers is slightly less with 23 740 units transported and the number of passenger vehicles remained on the same level with 65 750 units transported.

AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for February were the following:

  February 2015 February 2014 change
Passengers 610 785 643 788 -5.1%
Finland-Sweden 215 943 217 552 -0.7%
Estonia-Finland 306 878 307 842 -0.3%
Estonia-Sweden 58 440 68 350 -14.5%
Latvia-Sweden 29 524 50 044 -41.0%
       
Cargo Units 23 740 23 792 -0.2%
Finland-Sweden 5 173 7 209 -28.2%
Estonia-Finland 15 094 11 607 30.0%
Estonia-Sweden 2 809 3 377 -16.8%
Latvia-Sweden 664 1 599 -58.5%
       
Passenger Vehicles 65 750 65 746 0.0%
Finland-Sweden 5 976 6 297 -5.1%
Estonia-Finland 52 338 50 925 2.8%
Estonia-Sweden 3 782 3 425 10.4%
Latvia-Sweden 3 654 5 099 -28.3%

The following operational factors influenced the development in February 2015:

FINLAND-SWEDEN
In February the cruise ferry Baltic Princess did not operate for 7 days due to repair works.

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
The cruise ferry Romantika did not operate for 5 days due to scheduled maintenance, the vessel was not replaced during that time. 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.