OREANDA-NEWS. April 05, 2011. AS Tallink Grupp transported altogether 662 043 passengers in  March (-11,6% comparing to previous year).

In March Tallink transported on the route between Estonia and Finland 299 380 (-5,2%) passengers, on the route between Finland and Sweden 250 112 passengers (-14,2%). On the route between Estonia and Sweden Tallink transported 65 944 passengers (-31,4%). On the route between Latvia and Sweden there were 45 470 passengers transported (+2,5). There was no traffic on Finland-Germany route in March.

The number of transported vehicles increased in the last month. Tallink transported 70 591 passenger vehicles (+9,9%), the number of cargo units increased by 0,3 percent to 24 751 in March.

AS Tallink Grupp is the leading passenger shipping company on the Baltic Sea, operating under brands of Tallink and Silja Line on seven different shipping routes. Tallink has 6800 employees in Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Russia and Germany.