Port of Tallinn Posts Record Number of Passengers for March

Last month 647 492 passengers passed through the ports of the state-owned company Port of Tallinn, 4.9% more than in March 2012 and a new record for the month of March. The number of passengers served during the first quarter of the year was 1.73 million, also a new record for the period and 4.4% more than a year ago, spokespeople for the port company told BNS.

Tallink served 64% and the Finnish shippers Viking Line and Eckerö Line respectively 20% and 13% of the total number of passengers in March. The market share of the Russian shipper St. Peter Line was 3%.

Passengers on the Tallinn-Helsinki route numbered 553 854, passengers on the Tallinn-Stockholm route 76 904 and passengers on the St. Petersburg route 16 617.

In the first quarter of the year almost 1.488 million passengers or 86% of the total number of passengers of Port of Tallinn travelled between Estonia and Finland. Passengers between Estonia and Sweden numbered 209 988 or 12% and passengers to and from Russia 21 704 or 1%.