During the financial year, further measures have been taken to reduce energy consumption and environmental impact. Emissions of CO2 have decreased by 23%. During the year, the use of LNG increased. In the autumn, Aurora Botnia operated one day a week with certified Biogas. Utilization of the battery technology was also optimized. All of this contributed to this decrease.
Since the start of traffic of AURORA BOTNIA in 2021, Wasaline has reduced its CO2 emissions by 29% per trip and in 2023 CO2 emissions were reduced by 23%.
The passenger side showed an increase compared to 2022, despite that the bookings decreased significantly in the last quarter due to the recession.
Passenger volumes increased by 4.4% and turnover by 5.4%.
Departures increased by 2.7% to 1,164 departures.
Cargo lost volumes. Mainly it was imports to Finland that decreased. All shipping to Russia was cancelled and demand for paper decreased, which led to the amount of cargo units falling by 5.9%
The result before appropriations and taxes amounted to +3.2 million (2022 +3.3 million).
TRAFFIC STATISTICS
| (numbers) | 2023 | 2022 |
| Departures | 1 164 | 1133 |
| Passengers | 279 590 | 267 757 |
| Passenger Vehicles | 63 647 | 55 661 |
| Cargo units | 20 886 | 22 191 |
KEY FIGURES
| (1000 €) | 2023 | 2022 |
| Revenue | 29 107 | 29 293 |
| Operating profit | 2 902 | 3 292 |
| Operating profit % | 10,0 % | 11,2 % |
| Equity ratio | 61,7 % | 63,05 % |
