The overall increase is a result of liquid bulk passing through the Estonia port's quays, up by 16.6% year-on-year to a total of 4.72mt.

"Thanks to the preservation of trade and vessel traffic during the COVID-19 emergency, we managed to maintain a stable level in the cargo business," Valdo Kalm, Chairman of the Port of Tallinn's Management Board, said.

"The decrease in [...] dry bulk cargo was caused mainly from the decrease in the volume of grain and fertilizers, the latter of which was related to the temporary closure of factories in Russia due to the COVID-19 pandemic," the Port of Tallinn wrote in a press release.

Kalm also commented on the passenger numbers affected by the coronavirus pandemic, "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 Tallinn-Helsinki route, which currently accounts for over 95% of total passenger traffic. The Tallinn-Stockholm route is still closed, and cruise ships probably will only come at the end of the season and even then, we will probably see only a few of them."