In April 2019, AS Tallink Grupp transported 779,113 passengers, which is a 1.3% decrease compared to April 2018.
For information: Last year the Easter weekend started in March, with Easter Sunday on the 1st of April. This year, Easter was on the 21st, with the whole Easter weekend in April.
The number of cargo units decreased by 2.3% to 32,386 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 3.7% to 84,203 units.
Moby in its last financial report also revealed that both the newly built ro-ro ships ALF POLLAK and MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO (owned by Siem and chartered out to F.lli Onorato Armatori) were bareboat chartered to Moby for 8 years.
The overall financial commitment for the entire chartering period is:
EUR 45,726,000 for ALF POLLAK (15,660/d)
EUR 45,494,000 for MARIA GRAZIA ONORATO (15,580/d)
Fjord Line can look back on a record year with strong passenger growth in both Western Norway and Eastern Norway.
The largest growth in 2018 was the domestic route Stavanger-Bergen-Stavanger, with a 24% increase in the number of passengers (59,000).
Sandefjord-Strømstad also increased significantly – from 394,200 guests in 2017 to 458,900 in 2018. This corresponds to a growth of 16%.
Kristiansand-Hirtshals noted a total of 209,800 guests, an increase of around 4,000 passengers compared to 2017.
In total, the company carried 1,386,700 passengers in 2018, 8% more than in 2017.
“We already notice that the response from the market is good. We sail in the tailwind and expect that 2019 will be a new record year, ”says CEO Rickard Ternblom.
Integration Of Hellenic Seaways In Attica Shows In The Results
Attica has published its nine-months results, with positive results.
+35,9% Revenue MEUR 293 (215)
+13,7% EBITDA MEUR 54 (48)
The important increase is generated mainly by the contribution of Hellenic Seaways, acquired earlier this year. The HSW figures are integrated in the Attica results since 1 June.
Attica says the increase in Group’s Revenue was largely offset by the continued fuel oil price increase by 17% compared to the nine-month period in 2017, which comes after a 33% rise in fuel prices exhibited for the nine-month period of 2017 compared to previous year.
Positive Performance By ANEK Lines S.A.
Crete-based ANEK realises positive performance thanks to “more efficient ship and route management,” and to “passenger traffic growth.”
+ Passengers 368,000 (356,000) and Cars 62,000 (status quo)
– Freight 69,000
+ Turnover €72.9 million (65.3 million)
+ Revenue €66.9 million (58 million)
+ Consolidated gross results €8.4 million (0.4 million)
+ Profits €7.2 million (€-0.4 million)
+ EBITDA €1.6 million (€- 6.3 million)
In spite of increasing fuel prices, costs went down slightly.
Ferry and ro-ro are the best performing segments in the Port of Rostock.
The Port Authority of Santander (APS = Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) closed the year 2017 with a profit of €1,9 million which represents an increase of more than 329% compared to the year before.
Interesting for the readers of Ferry Shipping News is the fact that the tonnage transported by ro-ro vessels increased by 11.2%, mainly due to the new ro-ro service by CldN. Faithful customer Brittany Ferries has also seen an increase by 13%.
In June 2018 AS Tallink Grupp transported 989,445 passengers (+1.4%). The number of cargo units increased by 5.2% to 32,450 units and the number of passenger vehicles decreased by 0.4% to 122,921 units.
In Q2 AS Tallink Grupp transported 2,631,326 passengers (+1.7%). The number of transported cargo units increased by 10.1% to 101,072 units and the number of passenger vehicles increased by 0.5% to 311,340 units.
BC Ferries published its annual report for the fiscal year 2018, which ends on 31 March 2018.
