Corporate citizenship
Regional responsibility
As by far the largest port in Germany, the Port of Hamburg is one of the most important economic factors in the whole of northern Germany and, as a hub for international goods traffic, plays an extremely important role for the entire economic system of Germany and Europe. According to a study commissioned by the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and published in 2021, the Port of Hamburg secures around 607,000 jobs across Germany. Of these, around 124,000 are in the Hamburg metropolitan region. According to the study, around 114,000 jobs are directly dependent on the port. The port and the interconnected economic sectors are thus central employers for the Hamburg metropolitan region. As a major company operating in the Port of Hamburg, HHLA regards itself as an integral part of the economic development in the Hamburg metropolitan region and is well aware of its social responsibility here and at all its other sites.
Added value
Net added value serves as an indicator of the economic value creation of a business activity. It is calculated by taking the production value and deducting all intermediate inputs, depreciation and amortisation. Added value is shared between employees, shareholders, the state (in the form of taxes) and lenders. The largest proportion, € 610.7 million or 85.2 %, went to employees.
Source of added value
Production value 2024: € 1,663 million
Application of added value
Net added value 2024: € 717 million
Net added value increased during the 2024 financial year and rose 11.3 % year-on-year to € 716.8 million (previous year: € 664.0 million). At 43.1 %, the added value ratio was up year-on-year (previous year: 42.8 %).
in € million |
|
2024 |
|
2023 |
|
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employees |
|
610.7 |
|
570.1 |
|
7.1 % |
Shareholders |
|
56.4 |
|
42.4 |
|
49.4 % |
Public authorities |
|
34.6 |
|
21.4 |
|
61.5 % |
Lenders |
|
15.1 |
|
10.1 |
|
23.0 % |
Net value added |
|
716.8 |
|
644.0 |
|
11.3 % |
Social dialogue and responsibility
HHLA engages in regular dialogue with its stakeholders. The company also promotes a number of educational projects focusing on the topics of port and logistics, thereby engaging in the transfer of knowledge.
Help for Odessa
HHLA actively supports its Ukrainian employees at Container Terminal Odessa (CTO) and their relatives who have fled to Hamburg. Since 2022, the HHLA project team has helped 104 Ukrainians to find and furnish housing, as well as providing assistance with administrative matters when dealing with the local authorities. Furthermore, some CTO employees took part in HHLA training activities, such as language courses and internships and were subsequently able to find work in Hamburg. HHLA also supports aid organisations with deliveries to Ukraine by rail and has transported a total of 17 containers with urgently required aid, such as medical consumables, baby food and furniture, to Odessa.
“Hafen-Scouts” educational programme
Recognising the link between the port, logistics and the water helps us understand the global division of labour and the importance of sustainable business activities. HHLA’s support for educational projects focuses on the “Hafen-Scouts” in Hamburg. This project was successfully launched back in 2015 in collaboration with the German Port Museum and the Institute for Teaching Training and School Development. It is directed at pupils in their fourth year of primary education and teaches them about the global transport of goods, how the port works and various jobs and professions related to the port. A new record was set in 2024 with 1,582 participants from 77 school classes (previous year: 1,478). Since 2015, HHLA has organised Port Scout tours for a total of 11,702 fourth-grade pupils from Hamburg.
AlsterPort – Partnership with ESA
As part of the AlsterPort initiative with ESA (Evangelische Stiftung Alsterdorf), HHLA has been promoting voluntary work in the region since 2021 with the slogan “Learning from each other and learning together”. During the reporting year, HHLA’s employees once again showed their commitment to various social projects. Some of these included a joint Halloween crafting event, a cookery event in the Youth Centre and the Christmas tree gifting initiative for children in the Glasbläserhöfen residential area. HHLA trainees also provided support at the charity event “Ein Abend für alle Sinne” (An Evening for All the Senses) and with the “Alsterdorfer Gespräch”, which both promote inclusive dialogue.