Tallink Grupp: AS Tallink Grupp statistics for December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the 2017 financial year

Tallinn, 2018-01-03 08:50 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
AS Tallink Grupp statistics for December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the
2017 financial year 

In December 2017 AS Tallink Grupp transported 815 255 passengers, which is a
6.2% increase compared to December 2016. The number of cargo units increased by
10.0% to 28 315 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 0.6% to
87 672 units in the same comparison. 

In the fourth quarter of the 2017 financial year (October - December) AS
Tallink Grupp transported 2 316 144 passengers which is a 4.0% increase
compared to the previous year. The number of transported cargo units increased
by 14.1% to 97 345 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 0.8%
to 253 896 units in same comparison. 

AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for
December 2017 and the fourth quarter of the financial year were the following: 

                December    December   Change   IV Quarter   IV Quarter   Change
                  2017        2016                2017          2016            
 Passengers       815 255     767 630    6.2%    2 316 144     2 226 320    4.0%
  Finland -       232 347     222 693    4.3%      694 884       685 113    1.4%
   Sweden                                                                       
  Estonia -       435 511     412 850    5.5%    1 217 468     1 186 508    2.6%
   Finland                                                                      
  Estonia -        86 537      81 177    6.6%      236 739       223 025    6.1%
   Sweden                                                                       
   Latvia -        60 860      50 910   19.5%      167 053       131 674   26.9%
   Sweden                                                                       
                                                                                
 Cargo Units       28 315      25 742   10.0%       97 345        85 350   14.1%
  Finland -         5 976       5 647    5.8%       20 098        18 737    7.3%
   Sweden                                                                       
  Estonia -        17 893      15 936   12.3%       61 674        53 113   16.1%
   Finland                                                                      
  Estonia -         3 292       3 359   -2.0%       11 457        11 326    1.2%
   Sweden                                                                       
   Latvia -         1 154         800   44.3%        4 116         2 174   89.3%
   Sweden                                                                       
                                                                                
  Passenger        87 672      87 155    0.6%      253 896       255 827   -0.8%
   Vehicles                                                                     
  Finland -         9 963       9 050   10.1%       26 980        26 288    2.6%
   Sweden                                                                       
  Estonia -        66 966      67 267   -0.4%      195 931       200 690   -2.4%
   Finland                                                                      
  Estonia -         5 176       5 408   -4.3%       14 909        15 677   -4.9%
   Sweden                                                                       
   Latvia -         5 567       5 430    2.5%       16 076        13 172   22.0%
   Sweden                                                                       

The following operational factors influenced the development in December and in
the fourth quarter of 2017: 

ESTONIA - FINLAND

On 29 January 2017 the new LNG fast ferry Megastar started operating Tallink
Shuttle service on the Tallinn - Helsinki route and replaced fast ferry
Superstar. 

In December 2016 the cruise ferry Silja Europa started operating on the Tallinn
- Helsinki route, replacing the cruise ferry Baltic Queen. 

ESTONIA-SWEDEN

In December 2016 the cruise ferry Baltic Queen started operating on the Tallinn
- Stockholm route, replacing the cruise ferry Romantika. 

LATVIA - SWEDEN

Cruise ferry Romantika started operating on Riga - Stockholm route in December
2016 as a second ship on the route next to cruise ferry Isabelle. 

         Veiko Haavapuu?
         Finance Director
          
         AS Tallink Grupp?
         Sadama 5/7
         10111 Tallinn, Estonia
         Tel. [phone]?
         E-mail [e-mail]

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