Unitised freight traffic, Helsinki's prime trade, totted up to almost 3.03mt, up 9.0% year-over-year.

Here, wheeled (ro-ro & ferry) cargo accounted for nearly 2.09mt (+0.8% yoy), while containerised freight - for 943.6kt (+33.4% yoy).

Counted in units, Helsinki handled 156,570 ro-ro cargo units (-2.4% yoy) and 122,059 TEUs (+31% yoy).

The Finnish seaport also took care of 257.6kt of dry bulk (-19.6% yoy) and 160.4kt of break-bulk (+69.6% yoy).

Of the total, international trade amounted to 3.38mt (+8.1% yoy), while coastal traffic added the remaining 93.1kt (+12.2% yoy).

Helsinki's ferry passenger traffic noted a drop vs Q1 2024, down 3.6% yoy to just over 1.63m travellers. The services to/from Tallinn served almost 1.32m people (-3.9% yoy), Stockholm - 283.7k (-1.0% yoy), Travemünde - 29.3k (-15.2% yoy), Mariehamn - 5.2k (+3.2% yoy). There were also 12 passengers classified as 'others' (vs 79 last year).

The Port of Helsinki also welcomed one cruise ship call in Q1 2025, with 129 passengers.