OREANDA-NEWS. In July 2015 AS Tallink Grupp transported 1 132 786 passengers which is nearly a 4% increase compared to July 2014. The number of cargo units decreased more than 4% to 23 039 units and the number of passenger vehicles is slightly higher with 150 021 in same comparison.

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

  July 2015 July 2014 change
Passengers 1 132 786 1 092 180 3.7%
Finland-Sweden 377 458 351 005 7.5%
Estonia-Finland 597 765 542 752 10.1%
Estonia-Sweden 105 849 108 889 -2.8%
Latvia-Sweden 51 714 89 534 -42.2%
       
Cargo Units 23 039 24 099 -4.4%
Finland-Sweden 3 550 5 683 -37.5%
Estonia-Finland 16 416 14 204 15.6%
Estonia-Sweden 2 580 3 035 -15.0%
Latvia-Sweden 493 1 177 -58.1%
       
Passenger Vehicles 150 021 149 407 0.4%
Finland-Sweden 36 878 36 536 0.9%
Estonia-Finland 96 912 90 657 6.9%
Estonia-Sweden 10 051 10 925 -8.0%
Latvia-Sweden 6 180 11 289 -45.3%

The following operational factors influenced the development in July 2015:

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.