Tallinn, 2014-05-06 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Statistics for April 2014
In April 2014 AS Tallink Grupp transported 709 931 passengers which is more than a 9% increase compared to April 2013. The number of passenger vehicles increased over 1% to 79 932 and the number of trucks and trailers decreased more than 2% to 25 948 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for April were the following:
| April 2014 | April 2013 | change | |
| Passengers | 709 931 | 650 462 | 9.1% |
| Finland-Sweden | 232 392 | 190 992 | 21.7% |
| Estonia-Finland | 335 699 | 346 206 | -3.0% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 82 410 | 63 172 | 30.5% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 59 430 | 50 092 | 18.6% |
| Cargo Units | 25 948 | 26 535 | -2.2% |
| Finland-Sweden | 7 742 | 8 376 | -7.6% |
| Estonia-Finland | 12 761 | 12 865 | -0.8% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 4 091 | 3 644 | 12.3% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 1 354 | 1 650 | -17.9% |
| Passenger Vehicles | 79 932 | 79 059 | 1.1% |
| Finland-Sweden | 10 792 | 8 615 | 25.3% |
| Estonia-Finland | 56 213 | 58 836 | -4.5% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 6 127 | 4 817 | 27.2% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 6 800 | 6 791 | 0.1% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in April 2014:
ESTONIA-FINLAND
The shuttle vessel Star did not operate 11 days due to the car deck repairs, the vessel was partially replaced by cruise ferries Victoria I and Baltic Queen.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
The cruise ferry Isabelle did not operate for 8 days due to scheduled maintenance, the vessel was not replaced during that time.
In May 2013 the cruise ferry Isabelle replaced the cruise ferry Silja Festival on the Riga-Stockholm route.
Harri Hanschmidt
Head of the Finance Department
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn
Tel +372 640 8981
E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee
