Non-Financial Performance Indicators

In the operating business units, various non-financial performance indicators are used in addition to the key performance indicator ROCE. For example, the number of handling moves per man-hour, energy efficiency or the number of containers handled per square metre – the land usage productivity – are important indicators for the quality of services rendered and the container terminals’ performance. These and other performance indicators are therefore used intensively for the ongoing optimisation of specific operational processes.

In addition to the continuous dialogue which HHLA maintains with its customers, the company makes extensive use of macroeconomic forecasts as early indicators for its operating activities. These include the anticipated development of gross domestic product for important trading partners, and the subsequent estimates for foreign trade and import/export flows, as well as for container traffic on relevant routes and changes in the correlation between gross domestic product and containerised trading volumes.