Tallink Grupp's second-quarter profit fell almost 15% despite attracting more passengers.

The Paavo Nogene-led company posted a EUR 15.3m profit, down from EUR 17.9m a year earlier.

Revenue declined 1.7% to EUR 255m while overall passenger numbers along its routes reaching Estonia, Latvia, Finland and Sweden ticked up 1.7% to 2.6 million passengers.

"The results were significantly impacted by the increase in fuel prices in global markets compared to the same period last year," chief executive Nogene said.