Estonian ro-pax group Tallink has revealed net earnings of EUR 47.8m ($55.62m) in the third quarter.

This is up 11.7% from a year ago as capacity increased on a number of routes due to redeployment of vessels.

The company carried 2.9m passengers, 2% more than in 2016.

Revenue grew 3.3% to EUR 282.7m, while EBITDA improved 12.3% to EUR 75.4m.