OREANDA-NEWS. October 5, 2011. In September 2011 AS Tallink Grupp transported 639 287 passengers which is more than a 5% increase compared to September 2010. The number of passenger vehicles increased by almost 1% to 81 920 and trucks and trailers decreased by 2% to 24 232 units in same comparison.

AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for September were the following: September 2011 September 2010 change
Passengers 639 287 606 193 5.5%
Finland-Sweden 192 179 193 131 -0.5%
Estonia-Finland 324 916 301 511 7.8%
Estonia-Sweden 65 274 59 984 8.8%
Latvia-Sweden 56 918 45 800 24.3%
Finland-Germany 0 5 767 -100.0%

Cargo Units 24 232 24 671 -1.8%
Finland-Sweden 8 049 8 162 -1.4%
Estonia-Finland 10 795 9 246 16.8%
Estonia-Sweden 3 834 3 714 3.2%
Latvia-Sweden 1 554 1 330 16.8%
Finland-Germany 0 2 219 -100.0%

Passenger Vehicles 81 920 81 425 0.6%
Finland-Sweden 11 216 12 099 -7.3%
Estonia-Finland 57 336 54 982 4.3%
Estonia-Sweden 5 267 5 431 -3.0%
Latvia-Sweden 8 101 7 171 13.0%
Finland-Germany 0 1 742 -100.0%

The following operational factors influenced the development in September 2011:

FINLAND-SWEDEN

In September 2011 the cruise ferry M/S Silja Symphony did not operate for 12 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.