In March 2022 AS Tallink Grupp transported 303 360 passengers, which is an 321.5% increase compared to March 2021. The number of cargo units increased by 20.0% to 37 767 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 175.2% to 54 277 units in the same comparison.

In the first quarter of the year (January – March) AS Tallink Grupp transported 720 261 passengers, which is an 169.5% increase compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased by 19.7% to 101 938 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 85.2% to 140 380 units in same comparison.

AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for March 2022 and the first quarter of the year were the following:

 March 2022March 2021ChangeQ1 2022Q1 2021Change
Passengers303 36071 979321.5%720 261267 224169.5%
Finland - Sweden101 89413 286666.9%229 90556 077310.0%
Estonia - Finland170 32655 419207.3%427 805201 446112.4%
Estonia - Sweden31 1403 274851.1%62 5519 701544.8%
       
Cargo Units37 76731 46620.0%101 93885 15619.7%
Finland - Sweden6 5096 2174.7%18 84616 95011.2%
Estonia - Finland25 74521 52619.6%69 99757 59521.5%
Estonia - Sweden5 5133 72348.1%13 09510 61123.4%
       
Passenger Vehicles54 27719 720175.2%140 38075 81585.2%
Finland - Sweden4 9891 714191.1%13 2007 73970.6%
Estonia - Finland46 94117 918162.0%122 42667 74380.7%
Estonia - Sweden2 347882 567.0%4 7543331 327.6%

COVID-19 related developments and travel restrictions were the key operational factors influencing the developments in 2021 and 2022. The following operational factors further influenced the development in the first quarter of the year:

ESTONIA – FINLAND
First quarter results reflect operations of shuttle and cargo ferry services. The cruise ferry Baltic Queen operated 5 return trips on the Tallinn-Helsinki route replacing the shuttle vessel Megastar that did not operate for 6 days in January due to scheduled maintenance. The cruise ferry Silja Europa operated 4 return trips on Tallinn-Helsinki route replacing the shuttle vessel Star that did not operate for 4 days in March due to scheduled maintenance works.

ESTONIA – SWEDEN
In the first quarter, Estonia-Sweden statistics include operations of one cruise ferry and two cargo vessels. Operations of the Tallinn-Stockholm route with the cruise ferry Baltic Queen were suspended from 11 January to 18 February. Due to scheduled maintenance works, the cargo vessel Regal Star did not operate on the route for 22 days in January.

FINLAND – SWEDEN
In the first quarter, Finland-Sweden statistics include operations of the Helsinki-Stockholm and Turku-Stockholm routes. Operations of the Helsinki-Stockholm route cruise ferry Silja Serenade were restarted from 25 March.

LATVIA – SWEDEN
In the first quarter, operations of the Riga-Stockholm route were suspended.


Liisa Gross
Investor Relations Specialist

AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5
10111 Tallinn, Estonia
E-mail liisa.gross@tallink.ee

 

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