Employees

At the end of the first half of 2019, HHLA employed a total of 6,063 people. Compared with the figure as of 31 December 2018, the number of employees rose by 126.

Employees by segment

Due to the expansion of services and the increase in vertical integration, headcount in the Intermodal segment rose by a further 153 employees to 2,155. Meanwhile, in the Container segment, the number of staff decreased by 30 to 3,104. In the Logistics segment, the number of employees rose by 8 to 149. By contrast, the number of staff employed in the strategic management holding segment Holding/Other – excluding staff assigned to the Real Estate subgroup – decreased by 8. Overall, headcount of the Port Logistics subgroup increased by 123, or 2.1 %. In the Real Estate segment, the number of employees rose by 3 to 83 – including staff in the Holding/Other segment assigned to the Real Estate segment.

Employees by region

In geographical terms, the workforce was concentrated mainly in Germany in the first half of 2019, with 3,475 staff members (31 December 2018: 3,489), the majority of whom worked in Hamburg. This corresponds to a share of 57.3 % (31 December 2018: 58.8 %). Due mainly to the expansion of services and the increase in vertical integration in the Intermodal segment, the number of staff employed abroad increased by 140 or 5.7 % to 2,588 in the first half of 2019 (31 December 2018: 2,448). As a result, headcount at the Intermodal companies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary rose by 120 or 7.7 % to 1,678 (31 December 2018: 1,558). The number of staff employed by the subsidiaries in Austria, Poland, Georgia and Estonia increased by 20 or 4.7 % to 449 (31 December 2018: 429). In Ukraine, headcount remained unchanged at 461 (31 December 2018: 461).