Despite the overall drop, wheeled (ro-ro & ferry) cargo, Tallinn's prime trade, advanced by 0.8% year-on-year to 3.32 million tonnes.

At the same time, however, the handling of both dry and liquid bulk goods contracted - by 4.8% yoy to 1.15mt and by 33.8% yoy to 653 thousand tonnes, respectively.

Containerised freight also noted a decrease - by 2.2% yoy to 1.02mt. Container traffic totted up to 123,249 TEUs, down 3.7% on the H1 2025 result.

The Estonian port saw more break-bulk passing its quays, up 14.6% yoy to 306kt, as well as goods labelled as 'non-marine,' an increase of 20.9% yoy to 36kt.

Tallinn's passenger traffic contracted by 2.0% yoy to 3.59 million passengers, including 100 thousand cruise travellers (+48.8% yoy). The ferry crossing to/from Helsinki totalled 3.16m (-2.6% yoy), followed by the Stockholm service with 215k passengers (-7.4% yoy). The Muuga-Vuosaari route, on the other hand, rose by 1.5% yoy to 94k. There were also 15k passengers marked as 'other' (-26% yoy).

TS Laevad, the Port of Tallinn's domestic ferry subsidiary, served over 1.05m passengers (+0.7% yoy) and transported 533k private vehicles (+2.1% yoy).