Employees

Employees

by segments

 

30.06.2021

 

31.12.2020

 

Change

Container

 

3,159

 

3,132

 

0.9 %

Intermodal

 

2,317

 

2,279

 

1.7 %

Logistics

 

241

 

186

 

29.6 %

Holding/Others

 

616

 

628

 

- 1.9 %

Real Estate

 

86

 

87

 

- 1.1 %

HHLA Group

 

6,419

 

6,312

 

1.7 %

At the end of the first half of 2021, HHLA employed a total of 6,419 people. Compared with the figure as of 31 December 2020, the number of employees rose by 107.

Employees by segment

In the Container segment, the number of staff increased by 27 to 3,159. In the Intermodal segment, headcount increased by 38 to 2,317. In the Logistics segment, the number of employees rose by 55 to 241. This comparatively high increase resulted in part from the first-time consolidation of iSAM AG as well as from the growth in headcount at HPC Hamburg Port Consulting. Meanwhile, in the strategic management holding segment Holding/Other, the number decreased by 12. Overall, headcount in the Port Logistics subgroup grew by 108, or 1.7 %.

Employees by region

As at the reporting date, the workforce was concentrated mainly in Germany, with 3,660 staff members (31 December 2020: 3,632), the majority of whom worked in Hamburg. This corresponds to a share of 57.0 % (31 December 2020: 57.5 %). The number of staff employed abroad rose by 79, or 2.9 %, to 2,759 in the first half of 2021 (31 December 2020: 2,680). Headcount at the Intermodal companies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Hungary increased correspondingly by 20, or 1.1 %, to 1,772 (31 December 2020: 1,752). The number of staff employed by the subsidiaries in Austria, Poland, Georgia and Estonia increased by 53, or 11.5 %, to 512 (31 December 2020: 459). In Ukraine, the number of employees rose by 6 people to 475 (31 December 2020: 469).