OREANDA-NEWS. In September 2016 AS Tallink Grupp transported 705 035 passengers, which is a 11.5% increase compared to September 2015. The number of cargo units increased by 8.8% to 30 560 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 8.5% to 93 678 units in the same comparison.

In the third quarter of the 2016 financial year (July - September) AS Tallink Grupp transported 2 855 112 passengers which is a 5.7% increase compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased by 6.7% to 81 170 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 6.2% to 380 343 units in same comparison.AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for September 2016 and third quarter of the financial year were the following: The following operational factors influenced the development in September and in the third quarter of 2016  

  September
2016
September
2015
Change   III Quarter 2016 III Quarter 2015 Change
Passengers 705 035 632 379 11.50%   2 855 112 2 701 412 5.70%
Finland - Sweden 204 546 178 405 14.70%   862 654 842 975 2.30%
Estonia - Finland 386 138 348 770 10.70%   1 568 420 1 443 227 8.70%
Estonia - Sweden 73 913 69 563 6.30%   280 141 277 223 1.10%
Latvia - Sweden 40 438 35 641 13.50%   143 897 137 987 4.30%
               
Cargo Units 30 560 28 082 8.80%   81 170 76 062 6.70%
Finland - Sweden 5 935 5 465 8.60%   14 878 14 147 5.20%
Estonia - Finland 20 060 17 893 12.10%   54 423 50 578 7.60%
Estonia - Sweden 3 906 4 095 -4.60%   10 336 9 710 6.40%
Latvia - Sweden 659 629 4.80%   1 533 1 627 -5.80%
               
Passenger Vehicles 93 678 86 324 8.50%   380 343 358 009 6.20%
Finland - Sweden 11 767 10 551 11.50%   73 136 69 762 4.80%
Estonia - Finland 71 861 65 393 9.90%   265 491 247 613 7.20%
Estonia - Sweden 5 533 5 495 0.70%   23 322 23 569 -1.00%
Latvia - Sweden 4 517 4 885 -7.50%   18 394 17 065 7.80%