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In December 2009 AS Tallink Grupp transported 580 534 passengers which is 7.4% decrease compared to December 2008. The number of trucks and trailers increased by 9.7% to 19 376 units in December 2009.
Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for December 2009 were the following:
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December 2009 |
December 2008 |
change |
| Passengers |
580 534 |
627 055 |
-7,4% |
| Finland-Sweden |
208 069 |
242 596 |
-14,2% |
| Estonia-Finland |
275 067 |
274 881 |
0,1% |
| Estonia-Sweden |
53 290 |
72 431 |
-26,4% |
| Latvia-Sweden |
40 247 |
31 476 |
27,9% |
| Finland-Germany |
3 861 |
5 671 |
-31,9% |
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| Cargo Units |
19 376 |
17 670 |
9,7% |
| Finland-Sweden |
7 224 |
5 442 |
32,7% |
| Estonia-Finland |
7 440 |
7 020 |
6,0% |
| Estonia-Sweden |
2 103 |
2 226 |
-5,5% |
| Latvia-Sweden |
1 164 |
1 101 |
5,7% |
| Finland-Germany |
1 445 |
1 881 |
-23,2% |
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| Passenger Vehicles |
64 794 |
59 458 |
9,0% |
| Finland-Sweden |
10 424 |
9 986 |
4,4% |
| Estonia-Finland |
43 606 |
38 993 |
11,8% |
| Estonia-Sweden |
3 954 |
4 405 |
-10,2% |
| Latvia-Sweden |
6 067 |
4 458 |
36,1% |
| Finland-Germany |
743 |
1 616 |
-54,0% |
The following operational factors influenced the development.
FINLAND-SWEDEN
M/S Silja Europa did not operate until 19th of December due to the repair works. She was temporarily replaced by newer, but slightly smaller M/S Baltic Queen.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
New cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operations in April 2009 and replaced smaller M/S Romantika which moved to Riga-Stockholm route.
Cruise ferry Baltic Queen was not operating between Estonia-Sweden in the first 19 days in December 2009 as she was temporarily replacing M/S Silja Europa between Finland-Sweden.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
Since May 2009 cruise ferry Romantika has replaced smaller M/S Regina Baltica.
Janek Stalmeister
CFO
AS Tallink Grupp
Tel. +372 6409 800
e-mail: janek.stalmeister@tallink.ee.
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