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In August 2008 AS Tallink Grupp transported 782,921 passengers which is 8.3% more than in August 2008. The highest growth in August was seen in the Latvia-Sweden route where nearly 57% increase is an effect of the recent vessel's reroutings.
AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for August 2008 were the following:
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Aug.
2008 |
Aug.
2007 |
change |
IV Q
07/08 |
IV Q
06/07 |
change |
| Passengers |
782 921 |
723 128 |
8,3% |
2 362 718 |
2 332 179 |
1,3% |
| Finland-Sweden |
309 572 |
319 943 |
-3,2% |
969 803 |
1 078 119 |
-10,0% |
| Estonia-Finland |
301 072 |
261 675 |
15,1% |
919 185 |
839 508 |
9,5% |
| Estonia-Sweden |
86 449 |
80 543 |
7,3% |
262 509 |
239 786 |
9.5% |
| Latvia-Sweden |
63 819 |
40 706 |
56,8% |
145 552 |
116 067 |
25,4% |
| Finland-Germany |
22 009 |
20 261 |
8,6% |
65 669 |
58 699 |
11,9% |
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| Cargo Units |
24 351 |
27 983 |
-13,0% |
75 117 |
88 869 |
-15,5% |
| Finland-Sweden |
7 344 |
8 357 |
-12,1% |
22 848 |
27 787 |
-17,8% |
| Estonia-Finland |
9 230 |
10 074 |
-8,4% |
28 543 |
30 018 |
-4,9% |
| Estonia-Sweden |
3 901 |
3 316 |
17,6% |
11 558 |
9 920 |
16,5% |
| Latvia-Sweden |
1 135 |
855 |
32,7% |
3 411 |
2 632 |
29,6% |
| Finland-Germany |
2 741 |
5 381 |
-49,1% |
8 757 |
18 512 |
-52,7% |
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| Passenger Vehicles |
84 710 |
75 913 |
11,6% |
263 847 |
246 741 |
6,9% |
| Finland-Sweden |
20 679 |
25 992 |
-20,4% |
74 547 |
95 642 |
-22,1% |
| Estonia-Finland |
42 768 |
31 874 |
34,2% |
128 077 |
96 707 |
32,4% |
| Estonia-Sweden |
6 762 |
6 225 |
8,6% |
20 696 |
20 147 |
2,7% |
| Latvia-Sweden |
7 697 |
5 876 |
31,0% |
20 012 |
17 004 |
17,7% |
| Finland-Germany |
6 804 |
5 946 |
14,4% |
20 515 |
17 241 |
19,0% |
The following operational factors influenced the development.
FINLAND-SWEDEN
The sale of M/S SkyWind in August 2007 resulted in smaller capacities in August 2008.
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 in August 2008.
ESTONIA-FINLAND
In the end of April the second Tallink Shuttle vessel Superstar started to operate between Tallinn and Helsinki.
In July new M/S Baltic Princess replaced the 2006 built M/S Galaxy which moved to Turku-Stockholm operations.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
M/S Silja Festival which is larger in capacity has replaced M/S Vana Tallinn.
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
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