Tallink Grupp

AS Tallink Grupp statistics for August 2017

Tallinn, 2017-09-05 08:50 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

AS Tallink Grupp statistics for August 2017

In August 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 980 234 passengers, which is a 1.9%

increase compared to August 2016. The number of cargo units increased by 14.5%

to 30 659 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 7.8% to 116

035 units in the same comparison.

AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for

August 2017 were the following:

August 2017 August 2016 Change

Passengers 980 234 961 851 1.9%

Finland - Sweden 291 208 289 581 0.6%

Estonia - Finland 492 560 521 048 -5.5%

Estonia - Sweden 108 007 101 081 6.9%

Latvia - Sweden 88 459 50 141 76.4%

Cargo Units 30 659 26 775 14.5%

Finland - Sweden 5 668 5 067 11.9%

Estonia - Finland 20 275 17 848 13.6%

Estonia - Sweden 3 676 3 430 7.2%

Latvia - Sweden 1 040 430 141.9%

Passenger Vehicles 116 035 125 911 -7.8%

Finland - Sweden 21 977 23 924 -8.1%

Estonia - Finland 77 543 87 529 -11.4%

Estonia - Sweden 8 331 8 057 3.4%

Latvia - Sweden 8 184 6 401 27.9%

The following operational factors influenced the development in August 2017:

ESTONIA - FINLAND

On 12 December 2016 the cruise ferry Silja Europa started operating the Tallinn

- Helsinki route cruise service, during the period of 13 March to 29 August

2016, the route was operated with two ships, the Baltic Queen and Silja Europa.

On 29 January 2017 the new LNG fast ferry Megastar started operating Tallink

Shuttle service on the Tallinn - Helsinki route and replaced fast ferry

Superstar.

LATVIA - SWEDEN

The cruise ferry Romantika started operating on the Riga - Stockholm route on

12 December 2016 as second ship on the route next to cruise ferry Isabelle.

Veiko Haavapuu

Finance Director

AS Tallink Grupp

Sadama 5/7

10111 Tallinn, Estonia

Tel. +372 640 9914

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