Wednesday, September 29, 2010

TT-Line reports smooth sailing

Tasmania's TT-Line says it is adapting well in difficult times.
The company has told a Government Business Enterprise hearings it made a profit of nearly $7 million last financial year.

The two Bass Strait ferries carried an extra 5,000 passengers than the year before.

The Chief Executive, Charles Griplas, says the company is making changes to hold its own against discount airlines, high fuel costs and the economic downturn.

"These include changes to our disembarkation process, adjustments to arrival and departure times in Devonport and Melbourne, additional day sailings to meet demand at busy times through the year, and introduction of a new booking system," he said.

The CEO says the company is advertising more selectively.

"We previously would've advertised quite consistently over several states on the mainland."

The TT-Line has reduced its carbon emissions by more than 15 per cent.

The Bass Strait ferries produced 145,000 tonnes of emissions last financial year, down 30 tonnes on the year before.

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