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Number of ferry passengers carried by Tallink on Riga-Stockholm line down 13% in September

BC, Riga, 04.10.2016.Print version
Estonian ferry operator Tallink Grupp carried 40,438 passengers between Riga and Stockholm in September 2016, which was a drop by 13% against the same month a year ago, the company said in a report to the Tallinn stock exchange.

Tallink Grupp carried altogether 705,035 passengers in September this year, by 11.5% more than in the same month last year.


Number of passengers increased year-on-year on four Tallink routes. The number of passengers on the Estonia-Finland route rose 10.8% to 386,138 passengers. Passengers on the Estonia-Sweden route numbered 73,913, or 6.3% more than in September 2015. The Finland-Sweden route saw a 14.7% increase to 204,546 passengers in September 2016.

The number of cargo units carried by Tallink ferries in September increased 8.8 % over the year to 30,560 units and the number of passenger vehicles was 8.5 % bigger, totaling 93,678 units.


Tallink launched ferry traffic between Riga and Stockholm in April 2006. Usually two passenger ferries were used on this route but, starting with August 2014, only one ferry, the Isabelle, runs on the Riga-Stockholm route every other day.

 





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