In January 2010 AS Tallink Grupp transported 491 393 passengers which is 15%
decrease compared to January 2009. The number of trucks and trailers decreased
by 19.2% to 16 061 units in January 2010.
The operations were affected by the maintenance works of Superfast vessels and
cargo vessel Sea Wind. Thus there were no operations on the Germany-Finland
route and the cargo capacity was smaller in the Finland Sweden operations. On a
comparable basis, excluding the above operational changes the like for like
growth in cargo units was 1%.
Tallink Grupp's passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for January 2010
were the following:
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| | January 2010 | January 2009 | change |
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| Passengers | 491 393 | 579 141 | -15,2% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 187 724 | 229 167 | -18,1% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 218 263 | 238 598 | -8,5% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 51 815 | 75 461 | -31,3% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 33 472 | 29 195 | 14,6% |
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| Finland-Germany | 119 | 6 720 | -98,2% |
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| Cargo Units | 16 061 | 19 871 | -19,2% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 5 703 | 6 776 | -15,8% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 6 750 | 6 840 | -1,3% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 2 533 | 2 837 | -10,7% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 1 028 | 965 | 6,5% |
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| Finland-Germany | 47 | 2 453 | -98,1% |
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| Passenger Vehicles | 55 582 | 54 160 | 2,6% |
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| Finland-Sweden | 8 430 | 8 963 | -5,9% |
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| Estonia-Finland | 36 991 | 34 888 | 6,0% |
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| Estonia-Sweden | 4 690 | 4 550 | 3,1% |
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| Latvia-Sweden | 5 445 | 4 298 | 26,7% |
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| Finland-Germany | 26 | 1 461 | -98,2% |
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The following operational factors influenced the development.
FINLAND-SWEDEN
M/S Sea Wind did not operate due to the scheduled maintenance works.
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
New cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operations in April 2009 and replaced
smaller MS Romantika which moved to Riga-Stockholm route.
Cruise ferry Victoria was in charter in the first week of January 2010.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
Since May 2009 cruise ferry Romantika has replaced smaller M/S Regina Baltica.
Cruise ferry Victoria was in charter in the first week of January 2010.
FINLAND-GERMANY
There were no operations on the route due to the scheduled maintenance works.
Janek Stalmeister
CFO
AS Tallink Grupp
Tel. +372 6409 800
e-mail: janek.stalmeister@tallink.ee
