- CEO
- Jeroen Eijsink
- Full Time Employees
- 6,549
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Marine Shipping
- Address
- Bei St. Annen 1 Hamburg Germany 20457
- IPO Date
- Jun 24, 2008
- Business
- Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) operates as a leading European port and transport logistics company focused on container handling in seaports and intermodal container transport between ports and the German and European hinterland; it provides specialized terminal facilities for break bulk, project cargo, RoRo cargo, fruit handling and bulk goods; offers port services, consulting, digital solutions and innovative start-ups; and develops office, commercial and logistics real estate properties in Hamburg. The company manages three key container terminals in Hamburg (Container Terminal Altenwerder, Container Terminal Burchardkai and Container Terminal Tollerort), additional container facilities in Tallinn, Estonia and Odessa, Ukraine, multi-purpose and RoRo terminals including Unikai and HHLA Frucht- und Kühl-Zentrum in Hamburg, HHLA TK Estonia in Tallinn and HHLA PLT Italy in Trieste, as well as the Hansaport bulk cargo terminal in Hamburg; through its fully owned subsidiary METRANS, it operates 20 intermodal terminals with over 130 locomotives and 4,000 railcars for rail connections across North and Baltic Seas, Northern Adriatic and Central-Eastern Europe; CTD handles container trucking in Hamburg, Ulrich Stein specializes in fruit logistics, and HHLA Project Logistics manages heavy goods transport in the Caucasus and Central Asia. HHLA employs around 6,900 people across 84 companies in 12 European countries, with primary operations centered in the Port of Hamburg and its hinterland, targeting foreign trade for Germany and neighboring markets. Founded in 1885 and headquartered at Bei St. Annen 1 in Hamburg, Germany, the company recently finalized a strategic joint venture in late 2024 with MSC Group, under which the City of Hamburg retains a 50.1% majority stake and MSC holds 49.9%, committing €450 million in equity investments for terminal modernization, automation and digitalization to boost cargo throughput to at least 1 million TEU annually by 2031; in 2025, it expanded block storage capacity at Container Terminal Burchardkai by 6,000 TEU to nearly 45,000 TEU using 22 electric blocks and advanced automated guided vehicles; CEO Angela Titzrath plans to step down by end-2025 after nine years, marking the end of a key strategic phase.