Port of Hamburg and logistics

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Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG

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legal form Corporation
ISIN DE000A0S8488
founding March 7, 1885
Seat Hamburg , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management
Number of employees 6,296 (2019)
sales 1.38 billion euros
Branch logistics
Website www.hhla.de
As of December 31, 2019

The HHLA ( HHLA ) until 2005 Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft , at any time since 1885, the Hamburg Freeport-Lagerhausgesellschaft , HFLG is a European logistics company specializing primarily in the areas of port handling, container and transport logistics .

overview

HHLA operates port logistics (its core business ) in four segments:

As of December 31, 2019, the company employed 6,296 people worldwide and achieved sales of EUR 1.38 billion (2018: EUR 1.29 billion).

As of January 1, 2007, HHLA was divided into two areas (“Port Logistics” and “Real Estate”). Until 2007, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg was the owner of all HHLA shares through HGV . In October 2007 it offered part of the shares in the Port Logistics subgroup (“A shares”) for subscription as part of a “ partial privatization ” ; These shares have been listed since November 2007. The HHLA share was in the MDAX from 2008–2013 ; it has been part of the SDAX since June 2013 . The Real Estate subgroup includes HHLA's non-port handling properties (i.e. the properties in Hamburg's Speicherstadt and Fischmarkt Hamburg-Altona GmbH ) and is represented by the S shares. These shares are not freely tradable and belong entirely to the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, as the business activity is also committed to urban development .

The administrative headquarters of HHLA is the so-called “ Speicherstadttrathaus ” (near St. Annen).

Aerial view of the Hamburg container terminal Burchardkai
HHLA sales from 2010

activities

Three of the four container terminals in the Port of Hamburg are operated by HHLA. Container terminals with large capacities are the prerequisite for the fact that large container ships can be loaded and unloaded quickly - i.e. with short lay times. Container ships (the largest are called ULCS or Megaboxers ) can now carry over 20,000  TEU .

The three terminals are

Around 7.6 million TEU were handled at these three Hamburg container terminals in 2019 (2018: 7.3 million TEU). The HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder CTA is almost completely automated. The shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has a 25.1% stake in this container terminal . The Burchardkai container terminal is the largest and longest existing handling facility for containers in the Port of Hamburg.

HHLA also operates a container terminal in the port of Odessa (on the Black Sea); which is operated by the HHLA subsidiary HPC Ukraina . In 2014, through the crisis in Ukraine, throughput there fell by almost 30 percent to almost 300,000 TEU, and in 2017 it rose again to 292,000 TEU.
In June 2018, HHLA took over the largest Estonian terminal operator Transiidikeskuse AS (TK) in full. The Muuga location is the most important port in Estonia and an important maritime location in the Baltic Sea region. When it was taken over, the container terminal had a handling capacity of around 300,000 TEU.

The HHLA container business area also includes numerous container- related services that HHLA subsidiaries offer. For example, the HCCR (Hamburger Container- und Chassis-Repair GmbH) offers container repairs and storage.

Three other business areas of HHLA:

This business area includes the HHLA transport company Metrans (100%) and the road transport company Container-Transport-Dienst (CTD, 100%).
In 2012, HHLA sold its 50% stake in TFG Transfracht to Deutsche Bahn, and in 2018 Polzug Intermodal was merged with Metrans.
The HHLA intermodal companies have been able to continuously increase their transport volume in recent years. In 2019 they transported 1.6 million standard containers by rail and road.
  • Logistics , including warehouse logistics and special handling as well as consulting.
  • Real estate . HHLA develops, designs and operates real estate; this includes the historic warehouse district , the area of ​​the fish market in Hamburg-Altona and other logistics properties and office buildings in and around the port of Hamburg.

In the 'Logistics' segment, HHLA brings together a number of different corporate holdings and subsidiaries, e. B. the consulting firm HPC Hamburg Port Consulting . HHLA also operates the largest German fruit terminal on O'Swaldkai. There is also a RoRo terminal there that handles rolling goods ( RoRo ). Together with Salzgitter AG , HHLA operates Hansaport , the largest German terminal for ore and coal.

As of 1991, HHLA has built up a network of transport solutions for the hinterland of German seaports (HHLA's 'Intermodal' division). The container forwarding company CTD opens up the vicinity of the Hamburg metropolitan region by road; the rail transport company with HHLA holding Metrans (100%) operates container trains to its own terminals in the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and neighboring countries.

Since 2018, HHLA has been promoting and monitoring the development of start-ups as part of its growth strategy and has invested in technology companies in the areas of drone technology and 3D printing. The Hyperport Cargo Solutions joint venture was founded to set up a component for the use of Hyperloop technology in ports .

Competition ports in the north range

The table shows the development of the largest container ports in the North Range , the North Sea and Baltic Sea routes.

Container handling in million TEU 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Rotterdam 14.8 14.5 13.7 12.4 12.2 12.3
Antwerp 11.8 11.1 10.5 10.0 9.7 9.0
Hamburg 9.2 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.8 9.7
Bremerhaven 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.8
Zeebrugge 1.5 1.4 1.6 2.0
Danzig 1.3 1.1 1.2
Gothenburg 0.8 0.8 0.8
Wilhelmshaven 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.1

history

1885-1945

Priority obligation of 1000 marks from the Hamburg Free Port Warehouse Society dated May 15, 1900
HFLG coat of arms on the front of the building opposite the Kannegießerort
Administration in the Speicherstadt, bei St. Annen 1

In 1864 the port facilities were created on the Großer Grasbrook ; In 1865 the State Quay Administration was founded. Among other things, she was responsible for organizing the handling of goods and the maintenance of the quays as well as the systems and machines there. In March 1885, the state founded the Hamburger Freihafen-Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft (HFLG). In the course of the customs connection to the German Empire, their task was to implement and manage what was then the most modern and largest logistics center in the world - the Hamburg warehouse district. It was a stock company from the start; the city contributed the property of 30,000 square meters and the Norddeutsche Bank the capital of nine million Reichsmarks. The dividend due to the city flowed into a purchase fund, from which the city bought shares from the bank. The construction of the Speicherstadt lasted from 1885 to around 1912.

Before the First World War , the Port of Hamburg was the third largest port in the world after the Port of London and the Port of New York . Before the outbreak of war, Germany was a major importer of food (e.g. wheat).

During the First World War (1914-1918) the Royal Navy blocked the seaports of the German Reich. As a result, the economy in Hamburg and the Port of Hamburg largely came to a standstill.

In the Versailles Treaty , Germany was forced by the victorious powers to surrender many ships from its merchant fleet . Companies like HAPAG and others nevertheless managed to enlarge their fleets again soon.

Old name at the entrance to the HHLA headquarters

From 1927 the city of Hamburg was the sole shareholder of HHLA.

The world economic crisis (from 1929) had a strong impact on German foreign trade . The takeover of power by the Nazi regime in 1933 (e.g. self-sufficiency policy) and protectionism in many industrialized countries also contributed to the fact that the volume of foreign trade (and also overseas trade ) remained lower than it was before this crisis.

On April 1, 1935, the HFLG was merged with the State Quay Administration (Association of State Quay Operations) to form the "operating company of the Hamburg port facilities". In addition to operation, she was also responsible for the maintenance and expansion of the port facilities. In 1939 it was renamed " Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus-Aktiengesellschaft " (HHLA).

HHLA used forced labor during the war. It also had its own company warehouse in the main administration building in St. Annen.

During the Second World War, bombers from the Western Allies attacked the port of Hamburg several times. He was also hit during Operation Gomorrah in the summer of 1943.

1945-2007

The Second World War ended in May 1945; the destruction in the port of Hamburg was enormous. 90 percent of the quay shed area was destroyed, two thirds of all warehouses were unusable. Only 1.8 million tons could be handled (similar to 1865).

In 1952 the reconstruction of the port was largely complete. HHLA used forklifts for the first time ; they saved workers the heavy transport of goods by hand truck . The forklift trucks favored palletization and standardization in freight transport and loading .

In 1967 the 'Überseezentrum' was inaugurated; At that time it was considered the largest distribution center in the world. The "distribution system for general cargo bulk loads" initially had a total area of ​​145,000 square meters. It was in use until 2016.

In 1968 the first full container ship, the American Lancer , docked in the port of Hamburg. It was handled with container cranes at Burchardkai - where HHLA later built the Burchardkai container terminal .

In 1970, new port regulations released HHLA from all sovereign tasks; there was competition between companies in the port industry.

In 1978 HHLA opened a new fruit and refrigeration center. This almost doubled the cold storage area.

On June 25, 2002, the first container ship, the “Nedlloyd Africa”, was handled at the new Altenwerder (CTA) container terminal. In 1990, the first concrete steps in the planning process for the CTA began. In 1989 the Wall and the Iron Curtain fell ; In 1990, many former Eastern Bloc states became independent and the Soviet Union fell apart . The Port of Hamburg was able to resume trade with these countries (its hinterland was now much larger); the quantities of goods handled by HHLA rose rapidly.

On October 1, 2005 the company changed its name to "Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG". The abbreviation 'HHLA' remained, the business areas have been referred to as 'Segments' ever since.

Since 2007

With retroactive effect from January 1, 2007, HHLA split up into the Port Logistics and Real Estate subgroups . On November 2, 2007, the port logistics division went public.

  • The real estate subgroup, which includes real estate that is not specific to port handling (Hamburger Speicherstadt and Fischmarkt Hamburg-Altona GmbH) was 'securitized' in shares that are not traded on the stock exchange; these (“S shares”) are still fully owned by the City of Hamburg.
  • The Port Logistics subgroup includes the Container , Intermodal and Logistics segments , the Holding division and HHLA's port-specific properties.

On July 5, 2007, the Hamburg citizenship decided to authorize the Senate (then Senate von Beust II ) to sell up to 30% of the shares previously held by the city on the stock exchange. Since going public on November 2, 2007, the HHLA share has been traded on the regulated market ( Prime Standard ) of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the Hamburg Stock Exchange. As of December 31, 2015, the Hanseatic City of Hamburg held around 68%, private investors 8.8% and institutional investors around 22.8% of the share capital.

The year 2009 was marked by a severe economic crisis in most of the industrialized countries. HHLA's sales fell by 25.3% in 2009 [from 1,326.8 million (2008) to 990.7 million euros]. Parts of the workforce were temporarily on short-time work .

Because container traffic to the east had fallen sharply in the wake of the economic crisis, operation of the Lübeck container terminal (CTL) was discontinued in 2009 and the container shuttle trains between Hamburg and Lübeck were abandoned.

gallery

  • HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder from the waterside (2006)

  • HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder, first fully automated terminal worldwide (photo from 2007)

  • Container Terminal Burchardkai ship handling at berth 1 (2008)

  • Industrial truck at Burchardkai (2013)

  • HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai; the photo (2006) shows some of the 120  industrial trucks there

  • Ship handling at Burchardkai - Monte Rosa (2009)

  • HHLA floating crane in action (2006)

See also

literature

  • Oliver Driesen : A world in flux. Hamburg's port, HHLA and globalization . Hoffmann and Campe , Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-455-50139-1 .
  • 125 years of HHLA · Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG is celebrating its anniversary. In: Hansa , Heft 2/2010, pp. 68-71, Schiffahrts-Verlag Hansa, Hamburg 2010, ISSN  0017-7504
  • Ralf Witthohn: Germany's number 1 . In: Deutsche Seeschifffahrt , Issue 4/2011, pp. 34–37, Verband Deutscher Reeder eV, Hamburg 2011, ISSN  0948-9002

Web links

Commons : Category: Port of Hamburg and Logistics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Board of Directors
  2. ↑ Supervisory Board
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Annual Report 2019. Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, accessed on March 29, 2020 .
  4. ^ HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: History. February 2, 2017, accessed May 20, 2019 .
  5. ^ HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: Company. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
  6. ↑ HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: overview. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
  7. ↑ A shares are shares in the Port Logistics subgroup; the total of all A shares is the share capital of this subgroup. From the profit of this subgroup, dividends may be distributed to the A-shareholders.
  8. ↑ the fourth is of the Euro gate operated
  9. ↑ HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: Technical data. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
  10. ↑ HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: Technical data. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
  11. ↑ HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: Technical data. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Homepage (English) It also offers various services related to the container.
  13. ↑ Terminal operator in Estonia bought . In: Schiff & Hafen , issue 7/2018, p. 9
  14. ↑ HCCR website. Retrieved April 27, 2016 .
  15. ↑ a b HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: Intermodal. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
  16. ↑ www.metrans.cz , ctd.de
  17. ^ La Marciana- http://www.lamarciana.com : Polzug. Retrieved May 20, 2019 (American English).
  18. ^ HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: Logistics. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
  19. ^ HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: Real Estate. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Container traffic by rail is being reorganized. In: Daily port report of April 30, 2012, p. 1
  21. ^ HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: Chronicle. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
  22. ^ Arnold Kludas , Dieter Maass, Susanne Sabisch: Port of Hamburg. The history of the Hamburg free port from the beginning to the present . Hamburg 1988, p. 50 ff.
  23. ↑ Forced labor in the Hamburg war economy 1939-1945. Hanseatic City of Hamburg, accessed on November 30, 2019 .
  24. ↑ 2010 meets 1952 . on: hhla.de
  25. ↑ Hans Heinrich Blotevogel, Jürgen Ossenbrügge, Gerald Wood (eds.): Locally anchored - globally networked: Conference report and scientific papers / 52nd German Geographers' Day . 1999, p. 201 ( online )
  26. ↑ 10 years Altenwerder (CTA). Retrieved April 27, 2016 .
  27. ^ HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: share price. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
  28. ↑ Current share price. Retrieved October 1, 2018 .
  29. ^ HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG. Shareholder structure. In: hhla.de. December 31, 2015, accessed August 25, 2016 .
  30. ↑ Annual Report 2009 (PDF) Retrieved April 28, 2016 .
  31. ↑ The port of Hamburg begins to shrink. In: Die Welt from January 13, 2010.