News - Estonia

TALLINK TRANSPORTED 644 658 PASSENGERS IN JANUARY 2012

In January 2012 AS Tallink Grupp transported 644 658 passengers which is 3.5 percent less than a year before. The number of transported cargo units reached increased by 20 percent to 24 816 and passenger vehicles 70 376 (+0.6%).

On the routes between Finland and Sweden Tallink transported 207 695 passengers (-9%), between Estonia and Sweden 78 493 passengers (-6.5%), on the Sweden-Latvia route 61 101 (+6.8%) passengers and on Estonia-Finland route 297 369 (-0.4%) passengers in January.

The number of transported passenger vehicles increased by 0.6 percent to 70 376 and the number of transported cargo units by 19.9 percent to 24 816 in January 2012.

The results of all segments (passenger, passenger vehicle and cargo units) were influenced by the chartering of the Superfast vessels in August 2011 and ending of the operations on Finland-Germany route due to the charter of the vessels. Also the cruise ferry Victoria I operating on Estonia-Sweden route was in planned maintenance for 8 days, the ship was not replaced during the docking.

AS Tallink Grupp is the leading passenger shipping company on the Baltic Sea owning 19 vessels and operating under brands of Tallink and Silja Line on six different shipping routes. Tallink has 6800 employees in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Russia and Germany.

Additional information:
Luulea Lääne
Communication Director
AS Tallink Grupp
E-mail: luulea.laane@tallink.ee
www.tallink.com