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In October 2010 AS Tallink Grupp transported 766 819 passengers which is 8 % increase compared to the previous year.
The largest growth was seen on Latvia-Sweden, Finland-Estonia and Sweden-Estonia routes. In October Tallink transported 47 372 passengers (+17 %) on Latvia-Sweden route, 356 939 (+16 %) on Finland-Estonia route and 64 854 (+13 %) on Sweden-Estonia route. Despite of the fact that the cruise ferry Silja Festival did not operate for ten days because of scheduled maintenance, there was still an increase of passenger volumes on Latvia-Sweden route. On the routes between Finland and Sweden, Tallink transported 293 133 passengers (-2 %) and on the Finland-Germany route 4 521 passengers (-22 %).
Additionally to passenger numbers, also the number of transported vehicles and cargo units increased in the last month. Tallink transported 84 229 passenger vehicles (+17%) and 25 829 (+11%) cargo units in October.
AS Tallink Grupp is the leading passenger shipping company on the Baltic Sea owning 19 vessels and operating under brands of Tallink and Silja Line on seven different shipping routes. Tallink has 6800 employees in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Russia and Germany.
Additional information:
Luulea Lääne
Communication Director
AS Tallink Grupp
E-mail: luulea.laane@tallink.ee
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