Estonian shipping line Tallink saw a 28% YoY fall in passenger numbers in July, the company reported to the Tallinn Stock Exchange, and carried 444,112 passengers that month.
The fall was even greater on the Estonia-Finland route, where passenger numbers were over 43% down, but on the other hand, recovery was experienced on routes to Sweden, with passengers, vehicles and cargo alike.
Number of passenger vehicles transported fell by 26.7% in July, to 86,665 units. The number of passengers on Estonia-Finland route declined by 43.3%. There were 4.9% fewer passengers than in July 2020 on Finland-Sweden route. The number of passengers on Estonia-Sweden route rose 14-fold.
No trips took place between Latvia and Sweden in July.
4,280 vehicles were carried between Estonia and Sweden, compared with 250 in the same period last year.
Volume of vehicles carried fell by 36.7% on the Estonia-Finland route, but rose by 13.5% on the Finland-Sweden route.
The number of cargo units transported in July decreased by 4.6%, to 27,766 units.
Volume of cargo units fell by 5.7% on Finland-Sweden route, by 6.2 % on the Estonia-Finland route and by 17.5% on the Estonia-Sweden route. (ERR/Business World Magazine)
