Tallinn, 2017-04-04 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
AS Tallink Grupp statistics for March 2017 and the first quarter of the 2017
financial year
In March 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 724 243 passengers, which is a 5.2%
decrease compared to March 2016. The number of cargo units increased by 17.5%
to 31 974 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 4.1% to 79
642 units in the same comparison.
In the first quarter of the 2017 financial year (January ? March) AS Tallink
Grupp transported 1 939 784 passengers which is a 0.7% decrease compared to the
previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased by 8.4% to 83
797 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 1.8% to 217 445
units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for March
2017 and first quarter of the financial year were the following:
March March Change I Quarter I Quarter Change
2017 2016 2017 2016
Passengers 724 243 763 667 -5.2% 1 939 784 1 953 070 -0.7%
Finland - 211 488 258 892 -18.3% 580 234 624 302 -7.1%
Sweden
Estonia - 387 801 383 596 1.1% 1 011 706 1 000 609 1.1%
Finland
Estonia - 77 599 81 650 -5.0% 214 948 221 593 -3.0%
Sweden
Latvia - Sweden 47 355 39 529 19.8% 132 896 106 566 24.7%
Cargo Units 31 974 27 208 17.5% 83 797 77 279 8.4%
Finland - 7 005 6 266 11.8% 19 128 17 717 8.0%
Sweden
Estonia - 20 061 16 758 19.7% 51 688 47 517 8.8%
Finland
Estonia - 3 964 3 462 14.5% 10 577 10 055 5.2%
Sweden
Latvia - Sweden 944 722 30.7% 2 404 1 990 20.8%
Passenger 79 642 83 069 -4.1% 217 445 221 322 -1.8%
Vehicles
Finland - 7 578 8 921 -15.1% 21 763 22 826 -4.7%
Sweden
Estonia - 62 625 64 070 -2.3% 168 906 171 605 -1.6%
Finland
Estonia - 4 877 5 758 -15.3% 13 915 15 383 -9.5%
Sweden
Latvia - Sweden 4 562 4 320 5.6% 12 861 11 508 11.8%
ESTONIA - FINLAND
On 12 December 2016 the cruise ferry Silja Europa started operating the Tallinn
- Helsinki route cruise service, during the period of 13 March to 29 August
2016, the route was operated with two ships, the Baltic Queen and Silja Europa.
On 29 January 2017 the new LNG fast ferry Megastar started operating Tallink
Shuttle service on the Tallinn - Helsinki route and replaced fast ferry
Superstar.
LATVIA - SWEDEN
The cruise ferry Romantika started operating on the Riga - Stockholm route on
12 December 2016 as second ship on the route next to cruise ferry Isabelle.
Veiko Haavapuu
Finance Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7
10111 Tallinn, Estonia
Tel. +372 640 9914
E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee