ERR News - Due to the increase in fuel prices on the global market, the cruise ship and ferry operator Tallink will introduce a two-euro surcharge to its passenger tickets.
The additional cost will be added on bookings made after June 1.
The fuel surcharge per passenger on the Tallinn-Helsinki, Tallinn-Stockholm, Riga-Stockholm, Turku-Stockholm and Helsinki-Stockholm routes will add on an extra two euros for both cruises and one-way trips.
On the Helsinki-Rostock route, the additional cost per passenger will be eight euros for a one-way ticket, as the distance is much longer and fuel consumption considerably higher.
According to Tallink, the fuel price on the world market has risen 203 percent since 2009 and during the first five months of 2011 the growth has been 25 percent.