During the cruise season of 2017 cruise vessels called Tallinn 311 times and brought a record-breaking number of 564,280 cruise passengers to Tallinn. Saaremaa Harbor had 5 cruise ship calls with a total of 1,513 passengers. On October 30, Port of Tallinn together with clients and partners of the Estonian cruise industry gathered at Estonia’s…
Flu vaccine producers planned on bringing 63,000 doses of flu vaccines to Estonia for this year, a quarter more than last season. Before the flu season has even begun, however, these vaccines have already all sold out. Kadri Saar, a senior inspector at the Bureau of Activity Licences and Inspections of the State Agency of…
According to the information released by the Statistics Estonia on November 7, the consumer price index increased by 3.8% YoY, but decreased by 0.2% MoM, with changes affected the most by food prices. Compared to last October, goods were 4.8% and services 2% more expensive; regulated prices of goods and services rose by 6.6% and…
The first cargo vessel carrying timber belonging to Westwood Group OU departed for the Port of Lanshan, China, from the general cargo terminal of Estonia’s Transiidikeskus AS last weekend. The vessel carrying the shipment of timber is the general cargo ship Kraszewski, which is the largest timber-carrying ship yet to enter Muuga Harbor, according to…
Transaviabaltika, which operates flights connecting Tallinn to the capitals of the major Western Estonian islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, operated a total of 106 flights to the two islands in October. While passenger numbers increased on the Kuressaare route, the load factor on Kardla flights remained modest. Transaviabaltika operated a total of 53 flights on…
Estonian state-owned flag carrier Nordica transported 61,000 passengers in October, marking a 67% increase YoY. The flag carrier also retained the largest market share of airlines with flights departing from Tallinn at 27%, according to a company press release. Nordica operated a total of 1,146 flights in October, with 98% of all planned flights taking…
Northeastern Estonia-based shale oil producer Viru Keemia Grupp (VKG) lost in court in an oil shale dispute against state-owned energy group Eesti Energia and the Estonian Competition Authority. Tallinn Administrative Court decided not to satisfy a claim filed by VKG AS and VKG Oil AS regarding the termination of a supervision proceeding. The Estonian Competition…