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The number of passengers traveling on TS Laevad ferries between Estonia's two main islands and the mainland rose 4 percent on year to November. The volume of vehicles rose even more over the same period, by 6 percent, the company says.
Ferry company TS Laevad, which serves Estonia's major islands, linking them to the mainland, is waiting for an answer to the question of whether the state is planning to purchase more passenger ferries. At the same time, the chairman of the company's board, Indrek Randveer, says he believes they are participating in a new procurement process.
Estonia's two largest islands, Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, saw a greater number of visitors in summer 2021 than the previous summer, and cargo transit in particular grew over that time.
0"> View from the bridge of the Panda, the ice-breaker connecting the island of Abruka with the much larger island of Saaremaa at present. Source: ERR Despite the recent cold snap, traveling to Estonia's islands over ice roads is still largely closed. While regular connections by air and sea are running, Estonia's smaller islands often have to be more flexible and adapt to conditions in their winter-time transport links, ETV news show "Aktuaalne kaamera" (AK) reported Sunday night. The largest island, Saaremaa, boasts many offshore islands of its own, some of them inhabit...