Rise in number of ferry passengers

A total of 1,219,075 passengers used the Malta-Gozo ferries in the third quarter of this year, an increase of 11,976 passengers or one per cent over the same period last year, the National Statistics Office said. The total number of passenger vehicles...

A total of 1,219,075 passengers used the Malta-Gozo ferries in the third quarter of this year, an increase of 11,976 passengers or one per cent over the same period last year, the National Statistics Office said.

The total number of passenger vehicles carried increased by 3,171 to 289,632, up 1.1 per cent.

A total of 5,562 trips were made between Malta and Gozo, a drop of 26 or 0.5 per cent.

The Malita carried 525,692 passengers or 43.1 per cent of the total passengers in this period.

The other two Gozo Channel ferries, Ta' Pinu and Gaudos carried 383,639 and 309,744 passengers respectively.

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