Tallinn, 2014-04-03 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Statistics for March 2014 and the first quarter of the 2014 financial year
In March 2014 AS Tallink Grupp transported 701 180 passengers which is nearly a
1% decrease compared to March 2013. The number of passenger vehicles increased
by almost 2% to 77 821 and the number of trucks and trailers increased by
almost 18% to 28 422 units in same comparison.
In the first quarter of the 2014 financial year (January-March) AS Tallink
Grupp transported 1 905 555 passengers which is nearly a 1% increase compared
to the previous year. The number of passenger vehicles increased by 4% to 215
013 units transported and the number of trucks and trailers increased by almost
15% to 76 791 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp?s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for March
2014 and first quarter of the financial year were the following:
March March change I Quarter I Quarter change
2014 2013 2014 2013
Passengers 701 180 706 154 -0.7% 1 905 555 1 895 343 0.5%
Finland-Sweden 222 357 229 893 -3.3% 592 253 630 962 -6.1%
Estonia-Finland 342 493 339 501 0.9% 935 248 895 299 4.5%
Estonia-Sweden 76 214 76 879 -0.9% 216 985 213 408 1.7%
Latvia-Sweden 60 116 59 881 0.4% 161 069 155 674 3.5%
Cargo Units 28 422 24 163 17.6% 76 791 67 003 14.6%
Finland-Sweden 8 816 8 590 2.6% 23 022 23 888 -3.6%
Estonia-Finland 13 826 10 494 31.8% 38 753 28 887 34.2%
Estonia-Sweden 4 033 3 478 16.0% 10 305 9 687 6.4%
Latvia-Sweden 1 747 1 601 9.1% 4 711 4 541 3.7%
Passenger 77 821 76 571 1.6% 215 013 206 747 4.0%
Vehicles
Finland-Sweden 7 400 9 212 -19.7% 20 888 24 495 -14.7%
Estonia-Finland 59 497 55 417 7.4% 162 711 150 734 7.9%
Estonia-Sweden 4 407 5 183 -15.0% 12 976 13 572 -4.4%
Latvia-Sweden 6 517 6 759 -3.6% 18 438 17 946 2.7%
The following operational factors influenced the development in March 2014:
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
The cruise ferry Victoria I did not operate for 8 days due to scheduled
maintenance, 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