Tallinn, 2012-02-03 08:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Statistics for january 2012
In January 2012 AS Tallink Grupp transported 644 658 passengers which is more than a 3% decrease compared to January 2011. The number of passenger vehicles increased by almost 1% to 70 376 and trucks and trailers increased by 20% to 24 816 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for January were the following:
| January 2012 | January 2011 | change | |
| Passengers | 644 658 | 667 954 | -3.5% |
| Finland-Sweden | 207 695 | 228 286 | -9.0% |
| Estonia-Finland | 297 369 | 298 477 | -0.4% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 78 493 | 83 957 | -6.5% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 61 101 | 57 234 | 6.8% |
| Finland-Germany | 0 | 0 | - |
| Cargo Units | 24 816 | 20 691 | 19.9% |
| Finland-Sweden | 7 709 | 7 796 | -1.1% |
| Estonia-Finland | 12 440 | 8 077 | 54.0% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 3 214 | 3 547 | -9.4% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 1 453 | 1 271 | 14.3% |
| Finland-Germany | 0 | 0 | - |
| Passenger Vehicles | 70 376 | 69 940 | 0.6% |
| Finland-Sweden | 8 028 | 8 639 | -7.1% |
| Estonia-Finland | 51 116 | 50 471 | 1.3% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 4 636 | 5 005 | -7.4% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 6 596 | 5 825 | 13.2% |
| Finland-Germany | 0 | 0 | - |
The following operational factors influenced the development in January 2012:
ESTONIA-SWEDEN
In January 2012 The cruise ferry M/S Victoria I did not operate for 8 days because of scheduled maintenance, the vessel was not replaced during that time.
FINLAND-GERMANY
Operations on the route were ended. The ships that previously operated there are chartered out of the group.
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of Investor Relations
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee
