Structure and composition of own workforce

HHLA’s own workforce metric is calculated based on the following groups of people: white-collar and technical employees, blue-collar personnel, trainees, salaried employees not subject to any collective wage agreement, management staff, working students and temporary staff who have an active employment contract with HHLA or one of its consolidated companies at the end of the reporting period. Executive Board members, managing directors, undergraduate students or interns are not included in the metric.

Employees at the HHLA Group

as of 31.12

Number of employees

HHLA had a total of 7,269 employees at the end of 2025. The number of employees increased by 363 or 5.3 % compared with the previous year’s total.

In addition, HHLA used an annual average of 614 employees from Gesamthafenbetriebs-Gesellschaft (GHB) (previous year: 553).

Employees by segment

In the Container segment, the number of employees rose by 51 to 3,081 by 31 December 2025. Due to the further expansion of services and the increase in vertical integration, headcount in the Intermodal segment rose by a further 251 employees in total to 3,130. Employee numbers in the Logistics segment increased by 17 to 289 during the reporting period. The number of employees at the strategic management holding company increased by 45 to 668. In the Real Estate segment, the headcount remained virtually unchanged compared to the previous year at 101 as of 31 December 2025. This figure includes employees from the management holding company who are assigned to the Real Estate segment.

Employees by country

The country-by-country analysis gives an overview of the national markets where HHLA has substantial employee numbers and how they have evolved compared with the previous year. The analysis only includes countries where at least 50 employees work and which account for at least 10 % of the total workforce.

Employee turnover

The overview below shows staff movements during the reporting period, highlighting the number of employees who joined or left the Group based on arrivals and departures.

Employees by contract type and working time model

The breakdown by region shows the types of contract and working time models that the Group uses and how the workforce structure is composed in each region.