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.

Dry bulk handling was up 5.2% yoy to 2.71mt, as so was the turnover of break-bulk (+0.4% yoy to 489 thousand tonnes) and of goods classified as 'non-marine' (+150% yoy to 57kt).

Containerised freight noted a 0.1% yoy downtick to 2.11mt. Container traffic lost 0.9% yoy down to 259,398 TEUs.

Tallinn's passenger traffic gained 1.0% over the 2024 result to a total of 8.3 million ferry & cruise travellers. The Helsinki ferry route finished 2025 with 7.3m passengers (+1.3% yoy), followed by the Stockholm crossing with 495 thousand (-12% yoy), and the Muuga-Vuosaari link with 195k (-3.3% yoy). Tallinn's 2025 cruise season saw 190k guests (+25.3% yoy). Passengers labelled as 'other' added the remaining 77k (+41.8% yoy).

The port's domestic ferry subsidiary, TS Laevad, served 2.5m passengers (+1.2% yoy) and transported 1.2m private vehicles (+3.5% yoy) on the Saaremaa and Hiiumaa routes.

"In the fourth quarter, we saw an increase in the number of passengers and cargo volume for the third quarter in a row. We are pleased that in addition to liquid bulk, which led an increase in cargo volume this year, the volume of ro-ro also increased, reaching the highest level in the last four years in the fourth quarter," highlighted Valdo Kalm, the Port of Tallinn's CEO.

He also noted, "The number of winter cruise calls that started last year was even higher this year, which made a good contribution to the increase in the number of passengers. There were slightly fewer ship visits, but at the same time the ships that visited our ports were larger."