Posted on September 7, 2021
The number of cargo units transported by Tallink decreased by 3.4%, passenger transportation – by 14.1%
In August 2021 AS Tallink Grupp transported 389 715 passengers, which is a 14.1% decrease compared to August 2020. The number of cargo units decreased by 3.4% to 28 790 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 18.1% to 78 193 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for August 2021 were the following:
August 2021August 2020ChangePassengers389 715453 880-14.1%Finland – Sweden135 783123 36910.1%Estonia – Finland205 145315 784-35.0%Estonia – Sweden48 7873 5501 274.3%Latvia – Sweden011 177-100.0%
Cargo Units28 79029 798-3.4%Finland – Sweden5 5515 5470.1%Estonia – Finland19 42720 538-5.4%Estonia – Sweden3 8123 4859.4%Latvia – Sweden0228-100.0%
Passenger Vehicles78 19395 430-18.1%Finland – Sweden15 36113 28015.7%Estonia – Finland57 87580 922-28.5%Estonia – Sweden4 9573071 514.7%Latvia – Sweden0921-100.0%
COVID-19 related travel restrictions were the key operational factor influencing the developments in August 2021.
ESTONIA – FINLAND: August results reflect shuttle and cruise ferry services. Cargo vessel Sea Wind did not operate in August.
ESTONIA – SWEDEN: August results reflect operations of one cruise ferry and cargo ferries on Estonia-Sweden routes.
FINLAND – SWEDEN: August results reflect operations of Turku-Stockholm and Helsinki-Stockholm routes. Cruise ferry Silja Serenade started operations on the Helsinki-Stockholm route at the beginning of August and cruise ferry Silja Symphony from late August. The segment statistics also reflect the Swedish domestic cruises.
LATVIA – SWEDEN: Operations of the Riga-Stockholm route were suspended.
