The Virtsu–Kuivastu route recorded the strongest growth: passengers +2% to 1,815,559 and vehicles +4% to 890,205 — both all-time highs. On the Rohuküla–Heltermaa route, passengers decreased slightly by 1% to 676,317, but vehicles rose 1% to 324,656, also a record.

Permanent resident tickets grew faster than overall passenger numbers (+4% to ~650,000), increasing their share from 25.2% to 26.0%.

Despite slightly fewer scheduled trips (23,050 total, -1%), service quality remained outstanding: 99.4% of departures were on time or delayed by =4 minutes, and the customer satisfaction index reached a record 79.1%. The peak day was 20 July 2025, with 19,944 passengers and 7,733 vehicles — the highest single-day vehicle total in company history.

Indrek Randveer, Chairman of TS Laevad, emphasized the rising popularity of the islands and the team’s ability to handle record volumes reliably, expecting a similar trend in 2026 while keeping customer experience as top priority.

On 13 January 2026, TS Laevad and the Ministry signed an amendment to their new public service contract (effective from 1 October 2026), allowing the company’s ferry REGULA to serve as a replacement vessel until the end of 2028 (with possible extension to March 2029), ensuring smooth operations until the new state-owned ferry is delivered. This provides stable revenue for TS Laevad and its parent company, Tallinna Sadam.

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