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Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA)

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is a German logistics and transportation company specialising in port throughput and container and transport logistics. In November 2024, Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE, part of MSC Group, announced the completion of its voluntary public tender offer for 49.9% shares of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik Aktiengesellschaft (HHLA) and the establishment of the joint venture with the City of Hamburg which controls 51.1% of the equity.

Update: MSC proposed investment in Hamburg’s HHLA

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 21, 2023 – The proposed investment and offer by global shipping company MSC of Hamburg port logistics company...

HHLA sees container traffic down -8.5% in first nine months

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 14, 2023 – In the first nine months of 2023, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) reported container traffic...

HHLA supports MSC investment

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 7, 2023 – The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has published a...

MSC publishes voluntary public takeover offer for HHLA

Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) October 24, 2023 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has published its voluntary public takeover offer for Hamburger...

HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort tests cold ironing

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) October 5, 2023 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has successfully tested a shore-side power station at the...

MSC will maintain workers’ rights in Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 25, 2023 – Following a workers’ protest in Hamburg, MSC has said that it will maintain workers’...

Port of Constanta awards PCS contract

Constanța, Romania (Ports Europe) September 15, 2023 – The project Development of specifications for the design and implementation of a Port Community...

MSC bids to acquire HHLA

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 13, 2023 – MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company has made a bid to acquire 49.9% of HHLA-Hamburger...

Hamburg to support Georgia’s National Maritime Single Window Initiative

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 6, 2023 – HPC Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC) will provide comprehensive IT management services for the...

HHLA sees container traffic down -14.6% in first half

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 17, 2023 – Container throughput at HHLA’s container terminals decreased year-on-year by 14.6% to 2.87 million...

Railways play a catch-up game to larger ports

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) August 14, 2023 – When a large vessel carrying for example 5,000 containers arrives at a port, the terminal is, for a...

Metrans starts new regular common train service in Rijeka

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – Staring last June, the new regular common user train service from Metrans connects the port of Rijeka,...

COSCO shareholding in Hamburger Hafen und Logistik

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) June 20, 2023 – Following the completion of the investment screening process, COSCO Shipping Ports Limited (CSPL) will now...

METRANS rail service links Rijeka and Budapest

Rijeka, Croatia (Ports Europe) May 26, 2023 – The rail company METRANS will add a new rail cargo link between Rijeka and Budapest starting June 1....

New Hannibal rail link between HHLA PLT Trieste and Milan

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – Last month, Contship Italia Hannibal started a new railway service linking the HHLA PLT terminal in Trieste...

HHLA sees container traffic down over 18% in Q1 2023

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 15, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, container throughput at HHLA’s container terminals decreased overall by...

COSCO to acquire 24.9% stake in Hamburg Container Terminal

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 11, 2023 – The German government has approved for China’s state-owned COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd to acquire a...

COSCO stake in Hamburg terminal remains undecided

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) April 13, 2023 – The German government remains undecided about any future equity stake of China’s COSCO Shipping...

Metrans takes 51% stake in the Croatian Adria Rail

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) March 30, 2023 – Earlier this month, Metrans took a 51% stake in Croatian Adria Rail, a rail operator and rail transport...

HHLA reports container throughout down -7.9% in 2022

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) March 23, 2023 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has reported group-wide container throughput decreased by -7.9% to...

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