In 2020 Q2, 5.4 million tonnes of cargo and 531 thousand passengers passed through the harbours of Tallinna Sadam. Compared to the same period of previous year, the cargo volume increased by 2.5% and the number of passengers decreased by 81.7%. The number of vessel calls declined by 20.9% to 1612 calls.
According to
Passenger numbers fell sharply in Q2 due to movement restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the temporary closure of borders from March. Since the middle of May, when the Estonian-Finnish border was opened to passengers who need to travel the route for their work, the number of passengers has started to gradually recover. The growth rate accelerated significantly in June, when the borders were opened to most European arrivals. “If at the beginning of June we had 6-7 thousand passengers a day, then at the end of June this figure was already 18-20 thousand, which is about 50% of the volume we had in the June of last year. Growth is driven by the
Cargo volume by type of cargo, the number of passengers by route and vessel calls in 2020 Q2 and 6 months are presented in the table below:
Q2 2020 | Q2 2019 | Change | 6M 2020 | 6M 2019 | Change | |
Cargo volume by type of cargo (th tonnes) | 5 421 | 5 290 | 2.5% | 10 235 | 10 009 | 2.3% |
Liquid bulk | 2 555 | 2 091 | 22.2% | 4 716 | 4 045 | 16.6% |
Ro-ro | 1 349 | 1 411 | -4.4% | 2 682 | 2 685 | -0.1% |
Dry bulk | 947 | 1 134 | -16.5% | 1 714 | 1 957 | -12.4% |
Containers | 432 | 458 | -5.9% | 888 | 948 | -6.3% |
in TEUs | 53 956 | 53 691 | 0.5% | 104 465 | 113 296 | -7.8% |
General cargo | 137 | 196 | -30.3% | 234 | 374 | -37.5% |
Non-marine | 2 | 0 | 613.4% | 2 | 1 | 253.3% |
Number of passengers by routes (th) | 531 | 2 907 | -81.7% | 2 083 | 4 697 | -55.6% |
489 | 2 353 | -79.2% | 1 883 | 3 968 | -52.5% | |
0 | 265 | -100.0% | 136 | 416 | -67.3% | |
Muuga-Vuosaari | 28 | 12 | 130.3% | 43 | 22 | 96.0% |
Tallinn- | 0 | 25 | -100.0% | 0 | 28 | -100.0% |
Cruise (traditional) | 0 | 241 | -100.0% | 0 | 241 | -100.0% |
Other | 13 | 11 | 25.4% | 20 | 21 | -4.9% |
Number of vessel calls by vessel type | 1 612 | 2 039 | -20.9% | 3 197 | 3 671 | -12.9% |
Cargo vessels | 440 | 483 | -8.9% | 817 | 904 | -9.6% |
Passenger vessels (incl. Ro-Pax) | 1 172 | 1 430 | -18.0% | 2 380 | 2 641 | -9.9% |
Cruise vessels (traditional) | 0 | 126 | -100.0% | 0 | 126 | -100.0% |
More detailed statistics of passengers by nationality, gender and routes on monthly basis, can be viewed on the Tallinna Sadam web page: https://www.ts.ee/en/statistics/. We now also publish quarterly key figures 2014-2020 in xlsx format: https://www.ts.ee/en/investor/key-figures/
Tallinna Sadam is one of the largest cargo- and passenger port complexes in the
Additional information:
Marko Raid
Member of the Management Board/CFO
AS Tallinna Sadam
m.raid@ts.ee
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