"Exceptional capacity challenges at several large European ports increased demand for alternative gateways, enabling Aarhus to attract a higher volume of transit containers," noted the Danish seaport in a press brief.
The Swedish seaport noted its new all-time container traffic high, which also includes a record number of rail-borne TEUs - 529,000 (+4.8% year-on-year).
Whereas the handling of both liquid and dry bulk contracted by 17% year-on-year to 765 thousand tonnes and by 9.0% yoy to 2.03 million tonnes, respectively, general cargo advanced by 31.2% yoy to 5.1mt.
Apart from the new overall-traveller record, the ferry company also welcomed an all-time high number of foot passengers, 3.36 million (+7.1% year-on-year).
While the Estonia-Finland area grew by 1.8% year-on-year to 3.61 million ferry travellers, Finland-Sweden lost 2.4% yoy down to 1.38m and Estonia-Sweden marked a decrease of 12.5% yoy to 542.5 thousand.
Whereas ro-ro & ferry traffic, the Estonian seaport's main trade, contracted by 2.1% year-on-year to 6.43 million tonnes, other cargo segments advanced, most notably liquid bulk - by 46.7% yoy to 2.0mt.