In December 2018 AS Tallink Grupp transported 811 261 passengers, which is a 0.5% decrease compared to December 2017. The number of cargo units decreased by 4.4% to 27 076 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 3.3% to 84 814 units in the same comparison.
In the fourth quarter of the 2018 financial year (October – December) AS Tallink Grupp transported 2 251 084 passengers which is a 2.8% decrease compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased by 1.0% to 98 286 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 5.9% to 238 880 units in same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for December 2018 and the fourth quarter of the financial year were the following:
| December 2018 | December 2017 | Change | Q4 2018 | Q4 2017 | Change | |
| Passengers | 811 261 | 815 255 | -0.5% | 2 251 084 | 2 316 144 | -2.8% |
| Finland - Sweden | 240 370 | 232 347 | 3.5% | 682 994 | 694 884 | -1.7% |
| Estonia - Finland | 427 980 | 435 511 | -1.7% | 1 173 165 | 1 217 468 | -3.6% |
| Estonia - Sweden | 81 799 | 86 537 | -5.5% | 221 979 | 236 739 | -6.2% |
| Latvia - Sweden | 61 112 | 60 860 | 0.4% | 172 946 | 167 053 | 3.5% |
| Cargo Units | 27 076 | 28 315 | -4.4% | 98 286 | 97 345 | 1.0% |
| Finland - Sweden | 5 566 | 5 976 | -6.9% | 20 510 | 20 098 | 2.0% |
| Estonia - Finland | 16 995 | 17 893 | -5.0% | 61 585 | 61 674 | -0.1% |
| Estonia - Sweden | 3 347 | 3 292 | 1.7% | 11 941 | 11 457 | 4.2% |
| Latvia - Sweden | 1 168 | 1 154 | 1.2% | 4 250 | 4 116 | 3.3% |
| Passenger Vehicles | 84 814 | 87 672 | -3.3% | 238 880 | 253 896 | -5.9% |
| Finland - Sweden | 9 549 | 9 963 | -4.2% | 25 790 | 26 980 | -4.4% |
| Estonia - Finland | 65 703 | 66 966 | -1.9% | 185 096 | 195 931 | -5.5% |
| Estonia - Sweden | 4 663 | 5 176 | -9.9% | 13 307 | 14 909 | -10.7% |
| Latvia - Sweden | 4 899 | 5 567 | -12.0% | 14 687 | 16 076 | -8.6% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in December and in the fourth quarter of 2018:
FINLAND – SWEDEN
The cruise ferry Silja Serenade did not operate on the route for 12 days due to scheduled maintenance.
Veiko Haavapuu Financial Director
AS Tallink Grupp Sadama 5/7 10111 Tallinn, Estonia
E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee
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