Employees

At the end of the first half of 2026, HHLA employed a total of 7,396 people. Compared with 31 December 2025, headcount increased by 127.

Employees by segment

At 3,116, the number of employees in the Container segment was slightly up on the previous year. The strongest increase was in the Intermodal segment, where headcount rose by 120 to 3,250. This significant increase was due to the hiring of new staff by the METRANS Group. As a result of the organisational changes under the CTX programme, employee numbers in the strategic management holding segment (Holding/Others) fell by 19 to 649. The number of employees in the Logistics segment declined by 7. Overall, headcount of the HHLA Group rose by 127.

Employees by region

As of the reporting date, the workforce was concentrated mainly in Germany, with 3,787 staff members (31 December 2025: 3,776), more than half of whom worked in Hamburg. This corresponds to a share of 51.2 % (31 December 2025: 51.9 %). The number of staff employed abroad rose by 116, or 3.3 %, to 3,609 in the first half of 2026 (31 December 2025: 3,493). Headcount at the Intermodal companies in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary increased by 105, or 4.9 %, to 2,229 (31 December 2025: 2,124). The number of staff employed by the subsidiaries in Poland, Estonia, Italy, Austria, Turkey, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Georgia and the Netherlands rose by 19, or 1.9 %, to 1,015 (31 December 2025: 996). In Ukraine, the workforce decreased by 8 to 365 (31 December 2025: 373).