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In February 2008 AS Tallink Grupp transported 606,058 passengers which is the best result in the current financial year so far. The number of transported passengers increased by 33% compared to the February 2007 whereas the improvement in passenger transportation was seen on all our routes. The highest increase came from Tallinn-Helsinki route where the number of passengers increased by 51%. This positive development is mainly the result of the operations of new Shuttle vessel “Star”, being the only high speed vessel resistant to the difficult weather conditions in winter.
AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for February 2008 and second quarter of the 2007/2008 financial year were the following
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Feb
2008 |
Feb
2007 |
change |
II Q
07/08 |
II Q
06/07 |
change |
| Passengers |
606,058 |
455,727 |
33.0% |
1,570,255 |
1,361,946 |
15.3% |
| Finland-Sweden |
269,482 |
244,641 |
10.2% |
654,388 |
692,706 |
-5.5% |
| Estonia-Finland |
244,015 |
161,419 |
51.2% |
659,965 |
485,497 |
35.9% |
| Estonia-Sweden |
66,196 |
34,333 |
92.8% |
172,385 |
131,919 |
30.7% |
| Latvia-Sweden |
18,548 |
9,061 |
104.7% |
58,642 |
32,045 |
83.0% |
| Finland-Germany |
7,817 |
6,273 |
24.6% |
24,875 |
19,779 |
25.8% |
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| Cargo Units |
27,601 |
28,844 |
-4.3% |
79,374 |
83,021 |
-4.4% |
| Finland-Sweden |
8,932 |
10,607 |
-15.8% |
25,060 |
30,993 |
-19.1% |
| Estonia-Finland |
10,048 |
7,971 |
26.1% |
27,901 |
22,642 |
23.2% |
| Estonia-Sweden |
3,410 |
3,556 |
-4.1% |
10,258 |
10,474 |
-2.1% |
| Latvia-Sweden |
1,057 |
611 |
73.0% |
2,894 |
1,766 |
63.9% |
| Finland-Germany |
4,154 |
6,099 |
-31.9% |
13,261 |
17,146 |
-22.7% |
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| Passenger Vehicles |
38,507 |
30,037 |
28.2% |
128,180 |
95,533 |
34.2% |
| Finland-Sweden |
6,609 |
7,939 |
-16.8% |
25,237 |
27,922 |
-9.6% |
| Estonia-Finland |
25,489 |
15,558 |
63.8% |
78,381 |
43,810 |
78.9% |
| Estonia-Sweden |
2,795 |
2,711 |
3.1% |
10,184 |
11,090 |
-8.2% |
| Latvia-Sweden |
2,135 |
1,735 |
23.1% |
8,780 |
6,451 |
36.1% |
| Finland-Germany |
1,479 |
2,094 |
-29.4% |
5,598 |
6,260 |
-10.6% |
The following operational factors influenced the development.
FINLAND-SWEDEN
The sale of M/S SkyWind in August 2007 resulted in smaller capacities in February 2008 compared to February 2007.
M/S Silja Europa schedule has been changed. Instead of Turku-Kapellskär the vessel now operates on route Turku-Stockholm.
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.
ESTONIA-FINLAND
Tallink Shuttle service with new M/S Star was operated between Tallinn and Helsinki route compared to operations of M/S Vana Tallinn and M/S Kapella in the same period of last year.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
Cargo vessel M/S Kapella did not operate in January 2008 due to scheduled docking and returned to operations on 4th of February.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
The operations of two vessels and everyday departures to both destinations compared to one vessel operations in previous financial year have increased the volumes on Latvia-Sweden route.
M/S Regina Baltica did not operate for 6 days in February 2008 due to scheduled docking.
FINLAND-GERMANY
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 |