23. Property, plant and equipment

See Note 45 for further details regarding existing restrictions in connection with leases.

Additions in the reporting period primarily comprise capital expenditure for the procurement of handling equipment and the expansion of warehouse capacities at the Hamburg container terminals, as well as the capital expenditure of the METRANS Group for the acquisition of locomotives and container wagons and the development of existing and new hinterland terminals.

Disposals in the reporting period mainly relate to the termination of leases for land and buildings, and to the scrapping of technical equipment and machinery.

Changes to the group of consolidated companies in the reporting year relate to the subsidiaries included for the first time, CL EUROPORT s.r.o., based in Plzen, Czech Republic, and CL EUROPORT Sp. z o.o., based in Malaszewicze, Poland, both of which are wholly owned subsidiaries of METRANS a.s, Prague, Czech Republic, and to the first-time consolidation of Bionic Production GmbH, Lüneburg; see Note 3.

The effects of changes in exchange rates mainly include the exchange rate changes of the Ukrainian currency.

Impairment losses on property, plant and equipment totalling € 1,916 thousand (previous year: € 0 thousand) were recognised in the reporting year.

Buildings, surfacing and movable non-current assets with a carrying amount of € 58,051 thousand (previous year: € 76,561 thousand) have been pledged as collateral for loans granted to Group companies.

Obligations arising from open orders for capital expenditure on property, plant and equipment are reported under Note 46.