Statistics for December 2007

In December 2007 AS Tallink Grupp transported 532,739 passengers which is 1.8% more than in December 2006. The number of transported cargo units was 24,545 and passenger vehicles 46,570 in December.

The impact of our new Shuttle vessel "Star" and its weather reliability is noticeable as the passenger numbers between Estonia and Finland increased by 17.8%, number of cargo units increased 27.7%, and number of passenger vehicles increased 64.8%.

AS Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo units and passenger car numbers for December 2007 were the following:

	December 2007	December 2006	change
Passengers	532,739	523,103	1.8%
Finland-Sweden	210,146	250,608	-16.1%
Estonia-Finland	231,082	196,151	17.8%
Estonia-Sweden	60,380	56,180	7.5%
Latvia-Sweden	22,941	12,423	84.7%
Finland-Germany	8,190	7,741	5.8%
Cargo units	24,545	25,106	-2.2%
Finland-Sweden	7,343	9,453	-22.3%
Estonia-Finland	8,218	6,437	27.7%
Estonia-Sweden	3,087	3,125	-1.2%
Latvia-Sweden	864	499	73.1%
Finland-Germany	5,033	5,592	-10.0%
Passenger vehicles	46,570	36,234	28.5%
Finland-Sweden	10,867	11,199	-3.0%
Estonia-Finland	26,292	15,955	64.8%
Estonia-Sweden	3,840	4,540	-15.4%
Latvia-Sweden	3,577	2,203	62.4%
Finland-Germany	1,994	2,337	-14.7%

The following operational factors influenced the development.

FINLAND-SWEDEN

The sale of M/S SkyWind in August 2007 resulted in smaller capacities in December 2007 compared to December 2006. The change affected mainly the transportation of cargo units.

From the implementation of the new Group wide booking and check-in system in October the December bookings were also affected which leaded to decrease in volumes. However we see that the negative impact continues to reduce.

ESTONIA-FINLAND

Tallink Shuttle service with new M/S Star was operated between Tallinn and Helsinki route compared to the Autoexpress service and the operations of M/S Meloodia and M/S Regal Star in the same period of last year.

Cargo vessel M/S Regal Star was in the dock in December 2006 and did not operate for 20 days.

ESTONIA-SWEDEN

M/S Vana Tallinn does not operate any more between Paldiski-Kapellskär, but was there last year.

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.

Janek Stalmeister
Financial Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Tel. +372 6409 800
Fax: +372 6409 810
E-mail: janek.stalmeister@tallink.ee