Whereas ro-ro & ferry cargo traffic, Tallinn's prime trade, contracted by 4.5% year-on-year to 4.81 million tonnes, all other freight groups noted advances, including the sharpest of 32.9% yoy in liquid bulk turnover to 1.36mt.

The Estonian seaport's handling of dry bulk goods went up by 14.7% yoy to 2.0mt, of containerised freight by 2.3% yoy to 1.58mt, of break-bulk by 8.9% yoy to 395kt, and of 'non-marine' by 303% yoy to 52kt.

Tallinn's container traffic increased by 2.4% yoy to 195,440 TEUs.

The port also welcomed more passengers, up 1.0% yoy to 6.41 million travellers, including the ferry crossings with Helsinki (+1.6% yoy to 5.65m), with Stockholm (-14.7% yoy to 380k), the Muuga-Vuosaari service (-3.7% yoy to 153k), passengers classified as 'others' (+44.5% yoy to 67k), as well as 164k of cruise guests (+17.8% yoy).

At the same time, the Port of Tallinn's domestic ferry traffic subsidiary, TS Laevad, served 1.99m passengers (+0.4% yoy), plus carried 954k vehicles (+2.7% yoy).