Passenger and cargo transportation service provider Tallink Grupp and its subsidiaries, released its latest statistics for the fourth quarter of 2017, according to which the company reported a record number of passengers for the year.
The total number of passengers transported by the Tallink Group in 2017 increased to 9,755,720, compared to 9,457,522 in 2016 and the total number of cargo units transported in 2017 has increased to 364, 296 units, compared to 328,190 in 2016.
“The steady increase in passenger and cargo unit numbers both in the fourth quarter and throughout 2017 has resulted in another record year for Tallink Grupp. In the twelve months the Group transported over 9.7 million passengers, a 3.2% increase on the previous year, and nearly 365,000 units of cargo, an 11% increase as compared to 2016,” Veiko Haavapuu, AS Tallink Grupp’s Finance Director said.
In the fourth quarter of 2017, a 4.0% increase was noticed compared to the same period in 2016, while the cargo units transported has also increased compared to 2016 by 14.1% to 97 345 units for the full quarter.
“In cargo transportation, all our routes showed a year-on-year increase compared to 2016 statistics. Similarly to passenger transport, we witnessed the biggest increase in the number of cargo units transported also on the Latvia-Sweden route, but the number of units transported on the Estonia-Finland route also saw a good increase with 11.6% compared to 2016,” Veiko Haavapuu concluded.
