Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA)

HHLA successfully tests mobile robotics in rail operations

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) and the Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services (CML) have successfully concluded the “Pin Handling mR” project.

The aim of the IHATEC project was to develop a mobile robot to automate the manual repositioning of pins on container wagons. The rail handling solution was tested under real-life conditions at HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT).

At the final project meeting on 1 April 2025, HHLA and Fraunhofer CML jointly presented the project...

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HHLA reports strong financial growth

German container terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) reported increased annual box throughput, compared to the previous year, at 5.97 million TEUs

Throughput at the Hamburg container terminals remained nearly unchanged at 5.69 million TEUs, while the intermodal segment saw an 11.6% growth in transport volumes, reaching 1.79 million TEUs.

According to preliminary unaudited figures, HHLA achieved a 10.5% increase in Group revenue for the 2024 financial year, reaching...

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HHLA reveices remote-controlled gantry cranes

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA)’s Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) recently received three new highly automated container gantry cranes, marking a significant technological milestone for the Port of Hamburg.

Delivered partially assembled from Ireland by Liebherr aboard the special ship “ZHONG REN 121” on 14 December 2024, these innovative cranes are the first of their kind at the German port. With a raised height of up to 120 meters and a jib length of approximately 70 meters, the...

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HHLA digitalises truck handling at Hamburg terminals

Since last week, truck access at Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG’s (HHLA) Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) in Hamburg is now fully digitalised and managed via the passify app.

With the launch of the app, HHLA is replacing the trucker card that had previously been in use at all of its Hamburg terminals, thus making truck handling more secure and efficient. Since the go-live at the beginning of the year, more than 200,000 arrivals have already been processed using passify at HHLA’s three...

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Metrans launches Slovakia’s first hydrogen-powered truck trial

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG’s (HHLA’s) intermodal company Metrans is testing Slovakia’s first hydrogen-powered truck in operational service, in collaboration with the technology firm Mobility & Innovation Production s.r.o (MIP).

This initiative follows the signing of a letter of intent at the official product launch in Slovakia. Metrans aims to expand its zero-emission vehicle fleet, offering fully climate-neutral container transport to its customers.

On Thursday, 14 November 2024, MIP,...

https://container-news.com/metrans-launches-slovakias-first-hydrogen-powered-truck-trial/

MSC obtains regulatory approvals for its entry into Hamburg port

All the closing conditions of the voluntary public takeover offer for MSC’s entry into the port of Hamburg have been fulfilled.

After the European Commission granted merger control clearance at the beginning of October, the last outstanding closing condition has now been met with merger control clearance in Ukraine.

As of 14 November, all the conditions for the offer by Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of MSC, have been successfully fulfilled and now the next...

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Innovative training centre opens for digitalised port operations in Hamburg

The PortSkill 4.0 research project saw the presentation of the cutting-edge, digital training centre at HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) in Germany.

The center is being set up to grapple with the demands of digitalised port operations and is expected to offer cutting-edge learning technologies and customised training solutions.

In the past two years, analyses of the operational, administrative and technical job profiles in German seaports were conducted within the PortSkill 4.0 project...

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HHLA enhances Container Terminal Burchardkai operatios with Konecranes machines

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) will introduce 116 Li-Ion AGVs from Konecranes in a transition to a fully electric Automated Horizontal Transport System at its Hamburg’s Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB).

This largest-ever single order for Konecranes Gottwald AGVs, booked in 2022, is expected to help HHLA become more efficient and reach its carbon neutrality goal by 2040. Deliveries will continue through 2025 and take HHLA’s total Konecranes AGV fleet size to more than 200 vehicles.

The...

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HHLA joins environmentally-friendly shipping initiative

Germany’s major port operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has joined the ‘Hamburg Declaration on the Decarbonisation of Global Shipping’.

HHLA CEO Angela Titzrath signed the declaration for environmentally friendly shipping in Hamburg on 7 October. She called the conference an important milestone in the joint effort to promote sustainability in the maritime and logistics industry.

Titzrath said, “We are pleased, as an important part of the logistics network, to be involved in the...

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HHLA delivers solid results in first half of 2024

German port and terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) achieved to complete the first half of 2024 with positive results, despite the weak start of the year.

In particular, the company’s revenue rose by 4.6% to €760.3 million, operating result (EBIT) climbed by 16.8% to €58.9 million, EBIT margin amounted to 7.7% and consolidated profit after tax and minority interests increased to €13.2 million in the first half of 2024 from €8.2 million in the same period last year.

Angela...

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