OREANDA-NEWS. In July 2016 AS Tallink Grupp transported 1 188 226 passengers, which is almost a 5% increase compared to July 2015. The number of cargo units increased by 3.5% to 23 835 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 7.2% to 160 754 units in the same comparison.

AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for July were the following:

  July 2016 July 2015 change
Passengers 1 188 226 1 132 786 4.90%
Finland - Sweden 368 527 377 458 -2.40%
Estonia - Finland 661 234 597 765 10.60%
Estonia - Sweden 105 147 105 849 -0.70%
Latvia - Sweden 53 318 51 714 3.10%
       
Cargo Units 23 835 23 039 3.50%
Finland - Sweden 3 876 3 550 9.20%
Estonia - Finland 16 515 16 416 0.60%
Estonia - Sweden 3 000 2 580 16.30%
Latvia - Sweden 444 493 -9.90%
       
Passenger Vehicles 160 754 150 021 7.20%
Finland - Sweden 37 445 36 878 1.50%
Estonia - Finland 106 101 96 912 9.50%
Estonia - Sweden 9 732 10 051 -3.20%
Latvia - Sweden 7 476 6 180 21.00%

The following operational factors influenced the development in July 2016:

ESTONIA-FINLAND

In March 2016 the cruise ferry Silja Europa started operating on the Tallinn-Helsinki route.