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In September 2008 AS Tallink Grupp transported 562 392 passengers which is nearly 12% more than in September 2007. Passenger volume and market share increased in all of our main routes. The highest growth in September was seen in the Latvia-Sweden route where more than 32% increase is an effect of the recent vessel's re-routings.
AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for September 2008 were the following:
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Sep-08 |
Sep-07 |
change |
| Passengers |
562 392 |
502 605 |
11,9% |
| Finland-Sweden |
225 769 |
209 331 |
7,9% |
| Estonia-Finland |
239 264 |
208 109 |
15,0% |
| Estonia-Sweden |
53 930 |
48 506 |
11,2% |
| Latvia-Sweden |
35 957 |
27 098 |
32,7% |
| Finland-Germany |
7 472 |
9 561 |
-21,8% |
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| Cargo units |
26 577 |
29 709 |
-10,5% |
| Finland-Sweden |
9 442 |
9 120 |
3,5% |
| Estonia-Finland |
9 879 |
9 750 |
1,3% |
| Estonia-Sweden |
3 618 |
3 637 |
-0,5% |
| Latvia-Sweden |
1 413 |
973 |
45,2% |
| Finland-Germany |
2 225 |
6 229 |
-64,3% |
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| Passenger vehicles |
57 530 |
49 243 |
16,8% |
| Finland-Sweden |
12 843 |
14 574 |
-11,9% |
| Estonia-Finland |
33 722 |
24 060 |
40,2% |
| Estonia-Sweden |
3 748 |
3 699 |
1,3% |
| Latvia-Sweden |
4 887 |
4 148 |
17,8% |
| Finland-Germany |
2 330 |
2 762 |
-15,6% |
The following operational factors influenced the development.
FINLAND-SWEDEN
M/S Sea Wind schedule was changed so that the vessel will not stop in the Aland
Islands any more. As a result the vessel is now carrying only cargo units compared to passenger, car and cargo mix before.
M/S Galaxy which is larger in capacity operates in the Turku-Stockholm route instead of M/S Silja Festival.
Due to the scheduled docking M/S Silja Symphony did not operate 3 days in September 2008.
ESTONIA-FINLAND
Since April 2008 the second Tallink Shuttle vessel Superstar operates between Tallinn and Helsinki.
New cruise ferry M/S Baltic Princess has replaced the 2006 built M/S Galaxy which moved to Turku-Stockholm operations.
From September 2008 the Superfast vessels are not doing the daily Tallinn-Helsinki round trip any more.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
M/S Victoria was in a special charter and therefore did not operate on the route for 5 days in September 2008.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
M/S Silja Festival which is larger in capacity has replaced M/S Vana Tallinn.
FINLAND-GERMANY
The operations in the route are continued with the two vessels instead of three as Superfast IX has stopped from September 2008 for the forthcoming long-term charter preparations.
The traffic results were affected by the increased competition in cargo transportation.
Janek Stalmeister
Financial Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Tel. +372 6409 800
E-mail: janek.stalmeister@tallink.ee |