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Tallink is a leading provider of high-quality mini-cruise and passenger transport services on the Baltic Sea , as well as a leading provider of ro-ro cargo services on selected routes. Tallink provides passenger and ro-ro cargo transportation on the various routes between Estonia-Sweden, Finland-Estonia, Finland-Germany, Latvia-Sweden and Finland-Sweden. The Group’s fleet consists of 20 vessels. Eleven cruise ferries, five high-speed ro-pax ferries, two cargo vessels, one ro-pax ferry and one highspeed ferry is a mixture which allows us to offer a wide range of services and frequent departures.
As a result of our ongoing investment and fleet renewal program, we currently deploy some of the most advanced cruise ferries in the Baltic Sea region. In particular, we believe that our cruise vessels Romantika, Victoria I, Galaxy, Baltic Princess and and the brand new Baltic Queen, with their state-of-the-art facilities, improved accommodation, larger onboard shopping areas and high quality onboard services, have set a new benchmark for travel standards in the Baltic Sea region.
The new high-speed ro-pax ferries M/S Star and M/S Superstar are designed to combine the best features of a traditional cruise ferry, cargo vessel and a high-speed ferry so that they can be operated year-round at almost the same speed as high-speed ferries but with increased passenger capacity, large car deck, expanded shopping and dining facilities, and other services. The newest cruise ferries the Group owns, are Romantika, Victoria I, Galaxy, Baltic Princess and Baltic Queen, which was delivered in April 2009. In addition to building new vessels, the Group has expanded its fleet through acquisition of vessels from other companies. In April 2006 Tallink acquired three Superfast ferries and in July 2006 Tallink acquired part of Silja's operations including six vessels from Sea Containers.
Altogether we transported over 7 million passengers and 330 thousand ro-ro cargo units in the financial year ended in August 2008. The number of passenger cars carried was over 670 thousand. |