In August 2020 AS Tallink Grupp transported 453 880 passengers, which is a 55.4% decrease compared to August 2019. The number of cargo units decreased by 2.4% to 29 798 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 17.3% to 95 430 units in the same comparison.
AS Tallink Grupp passenger, cargo unit and passenger vehicles numbers for August 2020 were the following:
| August 2020 | August 2019 | Change | |
| Passengers | 453 880 | 1 017 565 | -55.4% |
| Finland - Sweden | 123 369 | 294 825 | -58.2% |
| Estonia - Finland | 315 784 | 514 936 | -38.7% |
| Estonia - Sweden | 3 550 | 109 988 | -96.8% |
| Latvia - Sweden | 11 177 | 97 816 | -88.6% |
| Cargo Units | 29 798 | 30 519 | -2.4% |
| Finland - Sweden | 5 547 | 6 592 | -15.9% |
| Estonia - Finland | 20 538 | 19 204 | 6.9% |
| Estonia - Sweden | 3 485 | 3 443 | 1.2% |
| Latvia - Sweden | 228 | 1 280 | -82.2% |
| Passenger Vehicles | 95 430 | 115 339 | -17.3% |
| Finland - Sweden | 13 280 | 21 033 | -36.9% |
| Estonia - Finland | 80 922 | 79 610 | 1.6% |
| Estonia - Sweden | 307 | 7 857 | -96.1% |
| Latvia - Sweden | 921 | 6 839 | -86.5% |
The following operational factors influenced the development in August 2020:
ESTONIA – FINLAND
Cruise ferry Victoria I was rerouted to Tallinn-Helsinki route from 7 June. In August, cruise ferry Baltic Queen operated 4 special cruises from Tallinn to Aland and 6 special cruises from Tallinn to Turku.
ESTONIA – SWEDEN
Operations of Tallinn-Stockholm route have been suspended since 15 March due to travel restrictions. In addition to cargo vessel Regal Star cruise ferry Isabelle and cargo vessel Sailor are operating on Estonia-Sweden routes, starting from 7 June and 12 July, respectively. In August, cruise ferry Baltic Queen operated one special return trip on Tallinn-Stockholm route.
FINLAND – SWEDEN
Operations of Helsinki-Stockholm route have been suspended since 19 March due to travel restrictions. Cruise ferry Silja Serenade was rerouted to Helsinki-Riga route from 26 June. In August, cruise ferry Silja Symphony operated 6 special cruises on Stockholm-Visby route and 2 special cruises on Stockholm-Härnösand route.
LATVIA – SWEDEN
Operations of Riga-Stockholm route have been suspended since 16 March due to travel restrictions. In August, cruise ferry Romantika operated one special cruise from Riga to Aland and 3 from Riga to Helsinki. Cruise ferry Romantika also operated 4 special return trips on Riga-Stockholm route to transport cargo and workers.
Veiko Haavapuu
Financial Director
AS Tallink Grupp
Sadama 5
10111 Tallinn, Estonia
E-mail veiko.haavapuu@tallink.ee
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