Employees

At the end of the first half of 2018, HHLA employed a total of 5,849 people. Compared with the figure as of 31 December 2017, the number of employees rose by 268. This increase is mainly attributable to the first-time consolidation of Transiidikeskuse AS, which employed 219 people as of 30 June 2018. 

Employees by Segment

In the Container segment, the number of employees increased by 223 people, mainly as a result of the first-time consolidation of Transiidikeskuse AS described above. Due to the expansion of services and the increase in vertical integration, headcount in the Intermodal segment rose by a further 60 employees to 1,932. By contrast, the number of staff exmployed at the strategic management holding company fell by 18. Headcount at the other segments at the end of the first half of 2018 was more or less on a par with year-end 2017: Headcount in the Logistics segment rose by just one; two new employees joined the Real Estate segment.

Employees by Region

In geographical terms, the workforce was concentrated mainly in Germany in the first half of 2018, with 3,466 staff members (31 December 2017: 3,479), the majority of whom worked in Hamburg. This corresponds to a share of 59.3 % (31 December 2017: 62.3 %). The number of staff employed abroad rose by 281, or 13.4 %, to 2,383 in the first half of 2018 (31 December 2017: 2,102), mainly attributable to the first-time consolidation of Transiidikeskuse AS. As a result, the number of employees in the subsidiaries in Austria, Poland, Georgia and Estonia has increased by 229, or 127.9 %, to 408 (31 December 2017: 179). At the Intermodal companies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary headcount increased by 51, or 3.5 %, to 1,516 (31 December 2017: 1,465). In Ukraine, headcount remained more or less constant at 459 (31 December 2017: 458).