Tallinn, 2018-01-03 08:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
AS Tallink Grupp statistics for December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the
2017 financial year
In December 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 815 255 passengers, which is a
6.2% increase compared to December 2016. The number of cargo units increased by
10.0% to 28 315 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 0.6% to
87 672 units in the same comparison.
In the fourth quarter of the 2017 financial year (October ? December) AS
Tallink Grupp transported 2 316 144 passengers which is a 4.0% increase
compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased
by 14.1% to 97 345 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 0.8%
to 253 896 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for
December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the financial year were the following:
December December Change IV Quarter IV Quarter Change
2017 2016 2017 2016
Passengers 815 255 767 630 6.2% 2 316 144 2 226 320 4.0%
Finland - 232 347 222 693 4.3% 694 884 685 113 1.4%
Sweden
Estonia - 435 511 412 850 5.5% 1 217 468 1 186 508 2.6%
Finland
Estonia - 86 537 81 177 6.6% 236 739 223 025 6.1%
Sweden
Latvia - 60 860 50 910 19.5% 167 053 131 674 26.9%
Sweden
Cargo Units 28 315 25 742 10.0% 97 345 85 350 14.1%
Finland - 5 976 5 647 5.8% 20 098 18 737 7.3%
Sweden
Estonia - 17 893 15 936 12.3% 61 674 53 113 16.1%
Finland
Estonia - 3 292 3 359 -2.0% 11 457 11 326 1.2%
Sweden
Latvia - 1 154 800 44.3% 4 116 2 174 89.3%
Sweden
Passenger 87 672 87 155 0.6% 253 896 255 827 -0.8%
Vehicles
Finland - 9 963 9 050 10.1% 26 980 26 288 2.6%
Sweden
Estonia - 66 966 67 267 -0.4% 195 931 200 690 -2.4%
Finland
Estonia - 5 176 5 408 -4.3% 14 909 15 677 -4.9%
Sweden
Latvia - 5 567 5 430 2.5% 16 076 13 172 22.0%
Sweden
The following operational factors influenced the development in December and in
the fourth quarter of 2017:
ESTONIA ? FINLAND
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.
In December 2016 the cruise ferry Silja Europa started operating on the Tallinn
- Helsinki route, replacing the cruise ferry Baltic Queen.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
In December 2016 the cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operating on the Tallinn
- Stockholm route, replacing the cruise ferry Romantika.
LATVIA ? SWEDEN
Cruise ferry Romantika started operating on Riga - Stockholm route in December
2016 as a 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