OREANDA-NEWS. April 03, 2015. In March 2015 AS Tallink Grupp transported 643 700 passengers which is more than an 8% decrease compared to March 2014. The number of trucks and trailers decreased over 2% to 27 730 units and the number of passenger vehicles remained on the same level with 77 673 units transported.

In the first quarter of the 2015 financial year (January-March) AS Tallink Grupp transported 1 793 414 passengers which is nearly a 6% decrease compared to the previous year. The number of trucks and trailers decreased over 2% to 75 172 units transported and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by almost 2% to 211 429 units in same comparison.

AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for March 2015 and first quarter of the financial year were the following:

  March 2015 March 2014 change   I Quarter 2015 I Quarter 2014 change
Passengers 643 700 701 180 -8,2%   1 793 414 1 905 555 -5,9%
Finland-Sweden 202 798 222 357 -8,8%   584 799 592 253 -1,3%
Estonia-Finland 336 453 342 493 -1,8%   918 296 935 248 -1,8%
Estonia-Sweden 72 560 76 214 -4,8%   195 569 216 985 -9,9%
Latvia-Sweden 31 889 60 116 -47,0%   94 750 161 069 -41,2%
               
Cargo Units 27 730 28 422 -2,4%   75 172 76 791 -2,1%
Finland-Sweden 6 449 8 816 -26,8%   17 032 23 022 -26,0%
Estonia-Finland 17 258 13 826 24,8%   47 003 38 753 21,3%
Estonia-Sweden 3 348 4 033 -17,0%   9 232 10 305 -10,4%
Latvia-Sweden 675 1 747 -61,4%   1 905 4 711 -59,6%
               
Passenger Vehicles 77 673 77 821 -0,2%   211 429 215 013 -1,7%
Finland-Sweden 7 297 7 400 -1,4%   20 293 20 888 -2,8%
Estonia-Finland 60 822 59 497 2,2%   164 916 162 711 1,4%
Estonia-Sweden 5 198 4 407 17,9%   13 870 12 976 6,9%
Latvia-Sweden 4 356 6 517 -33,2%   12 350 18 438 -33,0%

The following operational factors influenced the development in March 2015:

FINLAND-SWEDEN
In December 2014 the cargo ferry Sea Wind stopped operating on the Turku-Stockholm route.

ESTONIA-FINLAND
In August 2014 the cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operating on the Tallinn-Helsinki route, replacing the cruise ferry Silja Europa. The cargo ferry Sea Wind started operating on the Tallinn-Helsinki route in January 2015.

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.