Tallinn, 2014-03-05 08:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Statistics for February 2014
In February 2014 AS Tallink Grupp transported 643 788 passengers which is nearly a 2% increase compared to February 2013. The number of passenger vehicles increased by almost 5% to 65 746 and the number of trucks and trailers increased over 10% to 23 972 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for February were the following:
| February 2014 | February 2013 | change | |
| Passengers | 643 788 | 632 376 | 1.8% |
| Finland-Sweden | 217 552 | 234 236 | -7.1% |
| Estonia-Finland | 307 842 | 291 824 | 5.5% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 68 350 | 58 858 | 16.1% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 50 044 | 47 458 | 5.4% |
| Cargo Units | 23 792 | 21 541 | 10.4% |
| Finland-Sweden | 7 209 | 7 620 | -5.4% |
| Estonia-Finland | 11 607 | 9 154 | 26.8% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 3 377 | 3 158 | 6.9% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 1 599 | 1 609 | -0.6% |
| Passenger Vehicles | 65 746 | 62 849 | 4.6% |
| Finland-Sweden | 6 297 | 7 849 | -19.8% |
| Estonia-Finland | 50 925 | 46 201 | 10.2% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 3 425 | 3 441 | -0.5% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 5 099 | 5 358 | -4.8% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in February 2014:
FINLAND-SWEDEN
In February the cruise ferry Silja Serenade did not operate for 14 days due to scheduled maintenance and reconstruction works, the vessel was not replaced during that time.
LATVIA-SWEDEN
In May 2013 the cruise ferry Isabelle replaced the cruise ferry Silja Festival on the Riga-Stockholm route.
Harri Hanschmidt Head of the Financial Department AS Tallink Grupp Sadama 5/7. 10111 Tallinn Tel +372 640 8981 E-mail harri.hanschmidt@tallink.ee
