Tallink Group today on the stock exchange provided information on the results of passenger and cargo transportation in the 1st quarter of 2021. According to published data, Tallink Group In the 1st quarter of the financial year 2021 (January-March) 267,224 passengers were carried, which is by 82.9% less than in the corresponding period last year. In the 1st quarter of 2021, the number of transported vehicles also decreased: 75,815 vehicles were transported in the mentioned period, which is by 60.2% less compared to the 1st quarter of 2020.
The decline is also observed in the cargo transportation segment – in the first three months of 2021, 85,156 cargo units were transported, which is by 14.5% less compared to the same period last year.
The limited traffic, which remained throughout the 1st quarter, continued to have a huge impact on passenger and freight traffic on the route between Estonia and Finland – in the 1st quarter of 2021, 201,446 passengers and 57,595 cargo units were carried on this route, which, compared to 2020. has decreased by 76.2% and 11.0% in the first quarter of 2006, respectively.
“This has been one of the most difficult quarters in the company’s history, as our operations have been limited throughout the period due to travel restrictions in the region. Compared to January and February of the first quarter of 2020, when passenger traffic and numbers were at normal levels, this We have not had a single month without significant travel restrictions on all our routes in the first quarter of 2007. Only half of our fleet (ships Star, Megastar, Sea Wind, Regal Star, Sailor, Baltic Princess a Galaxy) continues to operate, but the remaining vessels have been suspended pending the end of the viral epidemic. At present, we devote maximum energy and effort to ensuring the movement of people who need it in these circumstances for unavoidable reasons, as well as promoting the transport of vital goods as quickly, efficiently and safely as possible. In these extremely difficult circumstances, it requires a lot of effort from the crews and personnel of all ships, “comments Tallink Group Chairman of the Board Pavo Negene.
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