Tallinn, 2015-10-05 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
AS Tallink Grupp statistics for September 2015 and the third quarter of the
2015 financial year
In September 2015 AS Tallink Grupp transported 632 379 passengers which is
nearly a 7% increase compared to September 2014. The number of cargo units
increased by almost 1% to 28 082 units and the number of passenger vehicles
increased by 2% to 86 324 in same comparison.
In the third quarter of the 2015 financial year (July-September) AS Tallink
Grupp transported 2 701 412 passengers which is more than a 5% increase
compared to the previous year. The number of cargo units decreased by 1% to 76
062 units transported and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 1% to
358 009 units transported.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for September
2015 and third quarter of the financial year were the following:
September September change III Quarter III Quarter change
2015 2014 2015 2014
Passengers 632 379 593 064 6.6% 2 701 412 2 561 257 5.5%
Finland-Swed 178 405 155 880 14.5% 842 975 777 727 8.4%
en
Estonia-Finl 348 770 331 427 5.2% 1 443 227 1 324 963 8.9%
and
Estonia-Swed 69 563 67 261 3.4% 277 223 273 014 1.5%
en
Latvia-Swede 35 641 38 496 -7.4% 137 987 185 553 -25.6%
n
Cargo Units 28 082 27 885 0.7% 76 062 76 830 -1.0%
Finland-Swed 5 465 7 610 -28.2% 14 147 19 868 -28.8%
en
Estonia-Finl 17 893 15 616 14.6% 50 578 43 862 15.3%
and
Estonia-Swed 4 095 4 017 1.9% 9 710 10 589 -8.3%
en
Latvia-Swede 629 642 -2.0% 1 627 2 511 -35.2%
n
Passenger 86 324 84 707 1.9% 358 009 354 302 1.0%
Vehicles
Finland-Swed 10 551 9 996 5.6% 69 762 70 100 -0.5%
en
Estonia-Finl 65 393 63 879 2.4% 247 613 235 499 5.1%
and
Estonia-Swed 5 495 5 521 -0.5% 23 569 24 899 -5.3%
en
Latvia-Swede 4 885 5 311 -8.0% 17 065 23 804 -28.3%
n
The following operational factors influenced the development in September 2015:
FINLAND-SWEDEN
In September the cruise ferry Baltic Princess did not operate for 8 days due to
scheduled maintenance works, the vessel was not replaced during that time.
Veiko Haavapuu
Finance Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7, 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 9914
E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee