Ship Travel Increases in Helsinki in 2024, Cargo Traffic Steady

By 28 January 20252025 Newsletter week 04
January 28, 2025
  • The Port of Helsinki Group’s total cargo traffic volume was 14.0 million tonnes (+0.5%).
  • Increase of pax: 9.4 million ferry passengers, 139,000 international cruise passengers.
  • On both Tallinn and Stockholm routes, passenger numbers followed a steady growth curve.
  • Unitised cargo traffic 12.2 million tonnes (+5.9%). Of this amount, 6.7 million tonnes was in export (+5.8%) and 5.5 million tonnes in import (+6.0%).
  • All in all, 672,000 trucks transported a total of 8.8 million tonnes (8.1%) of cargo. A total of 444,000 TEUs (-1.8%) of containers were transported; the amount of container cargo in tonnes was 3.4 million (0.7%).

Outlook

  • Expectations for the current year are cautiously optimistic. The worst seems to be over in terms of the economy, although cargo traffic growth remains very small in general.
  • In passenger traffic, moderate growth is anticipated as ship traffic is expected to increase compared to 2024 due to shipowners operating on the Stockholm and Tallinn routes with full ship capacity this year.

Source: Port of Helsinki