Headcount

HHLA had a total of 5,528 employees at the end of 2016. Compared with the previous year’s total, the number of employees increased by 183, or 3.4 %. In addition, HHLA used an annual average of 558 employees of Gesamthafenbetriebs-Gesellschaft (GHB) (previous year: 562).

Employees by Region

In geographical terms, the workforce was concentrated mainly in Germany, with 3,625 staff members (previous year: 3,656). This corresponds to a share of 65.6 % (previous year: 68.4 %), of whom the overwhelming majority worked in Hamburg. The number of staff employed abroad rose by 214 to 1,903 (previous year: 1,689). This is primarily due to the increase in staff at the Intermodal companies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia, where headcount increased by 17.3 % to 1,282 (previous year: 1,093). In Ukraine, the number of employees fell by 1.1 % to 440 (previous year: 445). The remaining 181 employees (previous year: 151) are spread across subsidiaries in Austria, Poland, Georgia and Turkey.

Development of Employees

HHLA Group as of 31.12.

Employees by Region

as of 31.12.2016

1 Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia

Employees by Segment

The number of employees in the Container segment as of 31 December 2016 was virtually unchanged compared to the previous year. Total headcount was down by twelve year-on-year in 2016 (previous year: 2,957). By contrast, total headcount in the Intermodal segment rose strongly by 238 or 16.4 % to 1,687 employees (previous year: 1,449). This was due to the expansion of services and increase in vertical integration. Headcount decreased in all other segments. The number of staff employed at the strategic management holding company declined by 2.5 % to 651 (previous year: 668). In the Real Estate segment, headcount fell by 20.5 % to 31 employees (previous year: 39). Employee numbers in the Logistics segment decreased to 214 in the reporting period (previous year: 232). This was mainly due to the discontinuation of operating activities in project and contract logistics.

Recruitment

Women accounted for 25.8 % of the 97 new employees who had not previously worked for HHLA in Germany, for example via Gesamthafenbetriebs-Gesellschaft (GHB). Over half of new hires were under the age of 30.

Since 2013, HHLA has been employing a self-developed selection process (assessment centre) that not only considers the applicant’s personal and professional suitability, but also diversity aspects. These processes have been used for all blue-collar roles since the end of 2013 and at all container terminals in Hamburg as of 2014. Members of the company’s staff selection panels receive special training. In addition, the selection panel must include at least one woman for all selection processes in which the pool of applicants includes women.

At 4.8 %, the fluctuation rate (excluding internal transfers within the Group) in Germany was virtually unchanged year-on-year (previous year: 4.7 %). Of the total 175 people who left the company, 41.7 % were retirees.