There were also 1.48m private vehicles that went through Helsinki's ferry berths last year (+5% year-on-year).

With 162,813 travellers, Helsinki's 2023 cruise season was on par with that of 2022.

On the cargo front, the Port of Helsinki took care of 13.94 million tonnes (-8.2% yoy), including 13.39mt made in international (-11.3% yoy) and 553kt in cabotage traffic (+508% yoy).

With 11.51mt (-8.7% yoy), unitised freight traffic continues to be the Finnish seaport's prime trade. Wheeled (ro-ro & ferry cargo) accounted for 8.1mt (-7.9% yoy), while containerised for 3.42mt (-10.2% yoy).

Helsinki also took care of 1.52mt of dry bulk (-2.1% yoy) and 765.3kt of break-bulk (-13% yoy).

A total of 643,629 ro-ro cargo units went through Helsinki's harbours (-8.3% yoy). At the same time, container traffic totted up to 451,760 TEUs (-8.1% yoy).