Tallinn, 2014-03-05 08:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Statistics for February 2014
In February 2014 AS Tallink Grupp transported 643 788 passengers which is
nearly a 2% increase compared to February 2013. The number of passenger
vehicles increased by almost 5% to 65 746 and the number of trucks and trailers
increased over 10% to 23 972 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp?s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for February
were the following:
February 2014 February 2013 change
Passengers 643 788 632 376 1.8%
Finland-Sweden 217 552 234 236 -7.1%
Estonia-Finland 307 842 291 824 5.5%
Estonia-Sweden 68 350 58 858 16.1%
Latvia-Sweden 50 044 47 458 5.4%
Cargo Units 23 792 21 541 10.4%
Finland-Sweden 7 209 7 620 -5.4%
Estonia-Finland 11 607 9 154 26.8%
Estonia-Sweden 3 377 3 158 6.9%
Latvia-Sweden 1 599 1 609 -0.6%
Passenger Vehicles 65 746 62 849 4.6%
Finland-Sweden 6 297 7 849 -19.8%
Estonia-Finland 50 925 46 201 10.2%
Estonia-Sweden 3 425 3 441 -0.5%
Latvia-Sweden 5 099 5 358 -4.8%
The following operational factors influenced the development in February 2014:
FINLAND-SWEDEN
In February the cruise ferry Silja Serenade did not operate for 14 days due to
scheduled maintenance and reconstruction works, the vessel was not replaced
during that time.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
In May 2013 the cruise ferry Isabelle replaced the cruise ferry Silja Festival
on the Riga-Stockholm route.
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of the Financial Department
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee