OREANDA-NEWS. AS Tallink Grupp statistics for August 2015

In August 2015 AS Tallink Grupp transported 936 247 passengers which is 7% increase compared to August 2014. The number of cargo units is slightly higher with 24 941 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased over 1% to 121 664 in same comparison.

AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for August were the following:

  August 2015 August 2014 change
Passengers 936 247 876 013 6.9%
Finland-Sweden 287 112 270 842 6.0%
Estonia-Finland 496 692 450 784 10.2%
Estonia-Sweden 101 811 96 864 5.1%
Latvia-Sweden 50 632 57 523 -12.0%
       
Cargo Units 24 941 24 846 0.4%
Finland-Sweden 5 132 6 575 -21.9%
Estonia-Finland 16 269 14 042 15.9%
Estonia-Sweden 3 035 3 537 -14.2%
Latvia-Sweden 505 692 -27.0%
       
Passenger Vehicles 121 664 120 188 1.2%
Finland-Sweden 22 333 23 568 -5.2%
Estonia-Finland 85 308 80 963 5.4%
Estonia-Sweden 8 023 8 453 -5.1%
Latvia-Sweden 6 000 7 204 -16.7%

The following operational factors influenced the development in August 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.