Cruise passenger traffic by Estonia’s largest passenger shipping company AS Tallink Grupp increased more than 9% in April over last year, according to the company. Tallink Grupp transported some 709,931 passengers, and 79,932 vehicles even with one vessel out of service for 11 days.
Courtesy Tallink & Magnus Rietz
According to the group’s most recent statistics release, Tallink’s numbers were as follows:
AS Tallink Grupp’s passenger, cargo unit and passenger car numbers for April were the following:
| April 2014 | April 2013 | change | |
| Passengers | 709 931 | 650 462 | 9.1% |
| Finland-Sweden | 232 392 | 190 992 | 21.7% |
| Estonia-Finland | 335 699 | 346 206 | -3.0% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 82 410 | 63 172 | 30.5% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 59 430 | 50 092 | 18.6% |
| Cargo Units | 25 948 | 26 535 | -2.2% |
| Finland-Sweden | 7 742 | 8 376 | -7.6% |
| Estonia-Finland | 12 761 | 12 865 | -0.8% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 4 091 | 3 644 | 12.3% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 1 354 | 1 650 | -17.9% |
| Passenger Vehicles | 79 932 | 79 059 | 1.1% |
| Finland-Sweden | 10 792 | 8 615 | 25.3% |
| Estonia-Finland | 56 213 | 58 836 | -4.5% |
| Estonia-Sweden | 6 127 | 4 817 | 27.2% |
| Latvia-Sweden | 6 800 | 6 791 | 0.1% |