Intermodal segment
in € million |
|
|
|
Change |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Revenue |
|
202.0 |
|
151.8 |
|
33.1 % |
EBITDA |
|
32.1 |
|
26.6 |
|
21.0 % |
EBITDA margin in % |
|
15.9 |
|
17.5 |
|
- 1.6 pp |
EBIT |
|
20.0 |
|
14.1 |
|
42.1 % |
EBIT margin in % |
|
9.9 |
|
9.3 |
|
0.6 pp |
Container transport |
|
496 |
|
386 |
|
28.7 % |
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 quarter of 2025. Container transport increased by a total of 28.7 % to 496 thousand standard containers (TEU) (previous year: 386 thousand TEU).
Rail transport rose year-on-year by 30.1 % to stand at 428 thousand TEU (previous year: 329 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, the transport volumes of Roland Spedition were not yet included in the same quarter last year. There was also a strong rise in road transport of 20.4 % to 68 thousand TEU (previous year: 56 thousand TEU).
With a year-on-year increase of 33.1 % to € 202.0 million (previous year: € 151.8 million), revenue growth was stronger than the increase in transport volumes. Alongside routine price adjustments, this was due to rail’s higher share of total transport volumes – up 0.9 percentage points year-on-year at 86.3 % (previous year: 85.4 %).
The operating result (EBIT) amounted to € 20.0 million in the reporting period and was thus 42.1 % above the prior-year figure (previous year: € 14.1 million). The EBIT margin rose by 0.6 percentage points to 9.9 % (previous year: 9.3 %). The main reason for this strong EBIT growth was the increase in transport volumes. Due to adverse operational effects, such as construction work on major transport routes, there was only a slight improvement in the EBIT margin.