OREANDA-NEWS. In January 2016 AS Tallink Grupp transported 556 750 passengers which is more than a 3% increase compared to January 2015. The number of cargo units increased over 3% to 24 455 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 1% to 68 765 units in the same comparison.

AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for January were the following:

  January 2016 January 2015 change
Passengers 556 750 538 929 3,3%
Finland-Sweden 164 492 166 058 -0,9%
Estonia-Finland 293 142 274 965 6,6%
Estonia-Sweden 68 899 64 569 6,7%
Latvia-Sweden 30 217 33 337 -9,4%
       
Cargo Units 24 455 23 702 3,2%
Finland-Sweden 5 543 5 410 2,5%
Estonia-Finland 15 195 14 651 3,7%
Estonia-Sweden 3 170 3 075 3,1%
Latvia-Sweden 547 566 -3,4%
       
Passenger Vehicles 68 765 68 006 1,1%
Finland-Sweden 7 478 7 020 6,5%
Estonia-Finland 51 987 51 756 0,4%
Estonia-Sweden 5 247 4 890 7,3%
Latvia-Sweden 4 053 4 340 -6,6%

The following operational factors influenced the development in January 2016:

FINLAND-SWEDEN

The cruise ferry Silja Symphony did not operate for 14 days due to scheduled maintenance.

ESTONIA-FINLAND

The shuttle vessel Star did not operate for 7 days due to scheduled maintenance.