Intermodal segment
in € million |
|
|
|
Change |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue |
|
400.5 |
|
327.7 |
|
22.2 % |
EBITDA |
|
72.3 |
|
64.3 |
|
12.4 % |
EBITDA margin in % |
|
18.0 |
|
19.6 |
|
- 1.6 pp |
EBIT |
|
48.2 |
|
39.2 |
|
23.1 % |
EBIT margin in % |
|
12.0 |
|
11.9 |
|
0.1 pp |
Container transport |
|
997 |
|
833 |
|
19.6 % |
In the highly competitive market for container traffic in the hinterland of major seaports, HHLA’s transport companies recorded a strong increase in volume in the first half of 2025. Container transport increased by a total of 19.6 % to 997 thousand standard containers (TEU) ( previous year: 833 thousand TEU).
Rail transport rose year-on-year by 20.2 % to 863 thousand TEU (previous year: 719 thousand TEU). This strong volume growth was largely due to traffic with the North German and Adriatic seaports, as well as traffic in the German-speaking countries. Moreover, last year’s figures only included transport volumes of Roland Spedition from June onwards. There was also a strong rise in road transport of 16.0 % to 133 thousand TEU (previous year: 115 thousand TEU).
With a year-on-year increase of 22.2 % to € 400.5 million (previous year: € 327.7 million), revenue growth was stronger than the increase in transport volumes. This was due in particular to price adjustments, as well as to rail’s higher share of total transport volumes – up 0.4 percentage points year-on-year at 86.6 % (previous year: 86.2 %).
The operating result (EBIT) amounted to € 48.2 million in the reporting period and was thus 23.1 % above the prior-year figure (previous year: € 39.2 million). The EBIT margin rose by 0.1 percentage points to 12.0 % (previous year: 11.9 %). The main reason for this strong EBIT growth was the increase in transport volumes. Earnings were burdened, however, by adverse operational effects resulting from construction work on major transport routes and high capacity utilisation at the North German seaports.