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{{Short description|German logistics and transportation company}}
{{For|the mall in Los Angeles|HHLA (mall)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG
| logo = HHLA.svg
| logo_size = 220px
| type = [[Aktiengesellschaft]]
| traded_as = {{FWB|HHFA}}
| foundation = 7 March 1885<ref name="Kern-163">Helmuth Kern: ''Die Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus-Aktiengesellschaft: Porträt eines landeseigenen Unternehmens im freien Wettbewerb''. In: ''Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen'', Bd. 6, H. 2 (1983), pp. 163–168, here p. 163.</ref>
| location = [[Hamburg]], [[Germany]]
| subsid =
| key_people = * Angela Titzrath, [[Chief executive officer]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Executive Board|periodical=Hhla.de|publisher=|url=https://hhla.de/en/company/management/executive-board|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=HHLA|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}} Website of the company</ref>
* [[Rüdiger Grube]], Chairman of [[Supervisory board]]<ref>
{{cite web|title=Members of the Supervisory Board|periodical=Hhla.de|publisher=|url=https://hhla.de/en/company/management/supervisory-board/members|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=HHLA|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}} Website of the company</ref>
| industry = [[Logistics]], [[transportation]]
| services = [[Container terminal]]s, [[cargo]] handling and transport
| revenue = [[Euro|€]] 1,382.6 million (2019)<ref name="GB2019">{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2019|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://report.hhla.de/annual-report-2019/servicepages/downloads/files/HHLA_Annual-Report-2019.pdf|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=HHLA|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>
| operating_income = € 221.2 million (2019)<ref name="GB2019"/>
| net_income = € 137.1 million (2019)<ref name="GB2019"/>
| assets = € 2,610.0 million (2019)<ref name="GB2019"/>
| equity = € 578,862 thousand (2019)<ref name="GB2019"/>
| num_employees = 6,296 (2019)<ref name="GB2019"/>
| homepage = [https://hhla.de/en/ www.hhla.de]
}}
'''Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG''' (abbreviated '''HHLA'''), known until 2005 as ''Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus-Aktiengesellschaft'', and prior to that as ''Hamburger Freihafen-Lagerhaus Gesellschaft'' (HFLG) since 1885,<ref>{{cite web|title=Die HHLA feiert im März ihren 125. Geburtstag|periodical=[[Die Welt]]|publisher=|url=https://www.welt.de/welt_print/wirtschaft/article6606101/Die-HHLA-feiert-im-Maerz-ihren-125-Geburtstag.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Birger Nicolai|date=2010-03-01|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> is a German [[logistics]] and [[transportation]] company specialising in port throughput and [[Intermodal container|container]] and transport logistics.

== Overview ==
HHLA's [[core business]] is divided into four business segments:<ref>{{cite web|title=EBIT der Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) für die Jahre 2008 bis 2019 (in Millionen Euro)|periodical=[[Statista]]|publisher=|url=https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/37529/umfrage/ebit-der-hhla/|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2020-03-01|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

* [[Intermodal container|Container]]
* [[Intermodal freight transport|Intermodal]]
* [[Logistics]]
* [[Real estate]]

As of 31 December 2019, the company employed 6,296 people worldwide, and generated revenue of €1.38 billion.<ref name="GB2019"/>

Shares in the Port Logistics subgroup ("Class A shares") have been listed since November 2007.<ref name="Spiegel-online-2007-11-02">{{cite web|title=HHLA-Börsengang versetzt Senat in Jubelstimmung|periodical=Der Spiegel (Online)|publisher=|url=https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/hamburger-hafen-hhla-boersengang-versetzt-senat-in-jubelstimmung-a-515016.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2007-11-02|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> Class A shares in HHLA were included in the [[MDAX]] from 2008 to 2013<ref>{{cite web|title=HHLA Aktie|periodical=[[Boerse.de]]|publisher=|url=https://www.boerse.de/aktien/HHLA-Aktie/DE000A0S8488|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> before becoming part of the [[SDAX]] in June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=MDax begrüßt weitere Immobilienfirma|periodical=[[n-tv]]|publisher=|url=https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/MDax-begruesst-weitere-Immobilienfirma-article10771756.html?tbi=true|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2013-06-06|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> The Real Estate subgroup covers the company's properties that are not specific to port handling, with its shares listed as "Class S". These cannot be freely traded and are entirely owned by the City of [[Hamburg]].<ref>{{cite web|title=HHLA drängt auf rasche Elbvertiefung|periodical=Deutsche Logistik-Zeitung|publisher=|url=https://www.dvz.de/rubriken/see/detail/news/hhla-draengt-auf-rasche-elbvertiefung.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2018-06-13|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> HHLA's administrative headquarters is known as the ''[[Speicherstadtrathaus]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Anlage zur Drs. 20/4388. Speicherstadt Hamburg. Entwicklungskonzept|periodical=Website of Hamburgische Bürgerschaft|publisher=|url=https://www.buergerschaft-hh.de/ParlDok/dokument/36956/konzept-f%C3%BCr-die-k%C3%BCnftige-entwicklung-der-speicherstadt-sowie-stellungnahme-des-senats-zum-b%C3%BCrgerschaftlichen-ersuchen-vom-22-april-2010-%E2%80%9Ekreative.pdf|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Umwelt|date=2012-04-01|language=|pages=|quote=}} ''Mitteilung des Senats an die Bürgerschaft. Konzept für die künftige Entwicklung der Speicherstadt sowie Stellungnahme des Senats zum Bürgerschaftlichen Ersuchen vom 22. April 2010 „Kreative Milieus: Flächen in der Speicherstadt aktivieren und bereitstellen“ – Drucksache 19/5853'' p. 13 und p. 106.</ref>

=== Container ===
HHLA operates three of the four [[Container port|container terminals]] in the [[Port of Hamburg]]:<ref>The fourth is operated by ''Eurogate''.</ref>
* [[Container Terminal Altenwerder]] (CTA, operational since mid-2002)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-30 |title=Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) - HHLA |url=https://hhla.de/en/company/subsidiaries/container-terminal-altenwerder-cta |access-date=2023-09-13 |website=HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG |language=en-US}}</ref> As of 2019, HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder CTA was almost completely automated.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hafen der Zukunft – das Containerterminal Altenwerder (CTA)|periodical=Logistik-aktuell.com|publisher=|url=https://logistik-aktuell.com/2019/04/02/containerterminal-altenwerder-cta/|last=Frieder Schwitzgebel|date=2019-04-02}}</ref>
* ''Container Terminal Burchardkai'' (CTB)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Technical data Burchardkai (CTB) |date=2 July 2024 |url=https://hhla.de/en/company/subsidiaries/container-terminal-burchardkai-ctb/technical-data}}</ref> Container Terminal Burchardkai is the largest<ref>{{cite web|title=Neue Containerbrücken für den Burchardkai erreichen den Hamburger Hafen|periodical=Schiffsjournal.de|publisher=|url=https://www.schiffsjournal.de/neue-containerbruecken-erreichen-den-hamburger-hafen/|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Tobias Bruns|date=2019-11-05}}</ref> and oldest surviving container handling facility at the Port of Hamburg.<ref>{{cite web|title=50 Jahre Containerumschlag: Von Stahlkisten, die die Welt veränderten|periodical=[[Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag|shz]]|publisher=|url=https://www.shz.de/regionales/hamburg/50-jahre-containerumschlag-von-stahlkisten-die-die-welt-veraenderten-id19976367.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Kira Oster|date=2018-05-31|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>
* ''Container Terminal Tollerort'' (CTT)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Technical data Tollerort (CTT) |date=2 July 2024 |url=https://hhla.de/en/company/subsidiaries/container-terminal-tollerort-ctt/technical-data}}</ref>

In 2019, about 7.6 million TEU were handled here (2018: 7.3 million TEU).<ref name="GB2019" />
As of 2018, the shipping company [[Hapag-Lloyd]] owned a share of 25.1% in the terminal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hapag-Lloyd holt Linien nach Hamburg|periodical=Die Welt|publisher=|url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article182586894/Containerschifffahrt-Hapag-Lloyd-holt-Linien-nach-Hamburg.html|last=Olaf Preuß|date=2018-10-23|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

In June 2018, HHLA acquired the largest Estonian terminal operator ''Transiidikeskuse AS'' (headquartered in [[Muuga Harbour|Muuga]]). At the time, the container terminal had a handling capacity of approximately 300,000 TEU.<ref>''Terminalbetreiber in Estland gekauft''. In: ''Schiff & Hafen'', Heft 7/2018, p. 9.</ref> HHLA's Container segment also includes a number of services related to container handling offered by its subsidiaries.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} As of 2019, HHLA also owned a container terminal at the [[Port of Odesa]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Preuß|first=Olaf|date=2019-03-05|title=HHLA in Odessa: Das Tor zur Welt|work=DIE WELT|url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/plus189767551/HHLA-in-Odessa-Das-Tor-zur-Welt.html|access-date=2020-06-09}}</ref>

=== Intermodal ===
This segment covers container transport by [[Rail freight transport|rail]] and [[Road transport|road]].<ref name="inter">{{cite web|title=HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: Intermodal|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://hhla.de/de/intermodal/ueberblick.html?no_cache=1|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2 July 2024|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> The sector includes the transport company [[METRANS Rail|Metrans]] and road transport company ''Container-Transport-Dienst'' (CTD). ''Metrans'' operates container trains from its own terminals in the Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and neighbouring countries;<ref>''Containerverkehr auf der Schiene wird neu geordnet.'' In: ''Täglicher Hafenbericht'', April 30, 2012, p. 1.</ref> CTD covers the area surrounding the [[Hamburg Metropolitan Region]] by road.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mehr Zeit, mehr Raum|periodical=Deutsche Logistik-Zeitung|publisher=|url=https://www.dvz.de/rubriken/logistik/detail/news/mehr-zeit-mehr-raum.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2015-10-26|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> In 2012, HHLA sold its 50% share in ''TFG Transfracht'' to [[Deutsche Bahn]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Deutsche Bahn und HHLA entflechten Intermodalbeteiligungen|periodical=VerkehrsRundschau|publisher=|url=https://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/nachrichten/deutsche-bahn-und-hhla-entflechten-intermodalbeteiligungen-1111862.html|url-status=dead|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604130749/https://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/nachrichten/deutsche-bahn-und-hhla-entflechten-intermodalbeteiligungen-1111862.html|archive-date=2020-06-04|last=|date=2012-04-27|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> and in 2018, ''Polzug Intermodal'' merged with ''Metrans''.<ref>{{cite web|title=HHLA fusioniert Polzug mit Metrans|periodical=Deutsche Logistik-Zeitung|publisher=|url=https://www.dvz.de/rubriken/see/detail/news/hhla-fusioniert-polzug-mit-metrans.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> In 2019, the intermodal companies transported a total of 1.6 million standard containers by rail and road.<ref name="GB2019" />

=== Logistics ===
This segment incorporates warehouse logistics and special handling, consulting, and various [[Startup company|Start-ups]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Services|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://hhla.de/en/customers/services|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> It includes a number of equity holdings and subsidiaries, including the consulting firm ''HPC Hamburg Port Consulting''. The fruit terminal at ''O'Swaldkai'' is also part of this segment.<ref>{{cite web|title=HHLA: Alles Banane am Hamburger O'Swaldkai|periodical=[[Hamburger Abendblatt]]|publisher=|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/wirtschaft/article108107656/HHLA-Alles-Banane-am-Hamburger-OSwaldkai.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2011-09-14|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> At the same port is a RoRo terminal handling rolling cargo ([[Roll-on/roll-off|RoRo]]).<ref>Oliver Lieber: ''Hafen versus Stadt. Konfliktanalyse der Flächenkonkurrenz zwischen Hafenwirtschaft und Stadtentwicklung in Hamburg''. Springer Fachmedien, Wiesbaden 2018, p. 79, {{ISBN|978-3-658-22633-6}}.</ref> Together with [[Salzgitter AG]], HHLA also operates the ''Hansaport'', Germany's largest terminal for [[bulk cargo]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hansaport: Thurnwald löst Meller ab|periodical=Deutsche Logistik-Zeitung|publisher=|url=https://www-dvz.dvv-hosting.net/rubriken/menschen/meine-passion/detail/news/hansaport-thurnwald-loest-meller-ab.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2016-06-30|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

=== Real estate ===
HHLA develops, designs and operates commercial properties. These include the [[Speicherstadt]] historical warehouse district, the area surrounding the [[Fischmarkt Hamburg-Altona]] as well as other logistics facilities and office buildings in and around the Port of Hamburg.<ref>{{cite web|title=Development with responsibility|periodical=|publisher=|url=https://hhla.de/en/company/subsidiaries/real-estate|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2 July 2024|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

=== Other ===
The company supports and oversees the development of start-ups and holds investments in technology companies in the areas of [[Remote control vehicle|drone technology]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Container sollen mit Drohnen durch den Hafen fliegen|periodical=Hamburger Abendblatt|publisher=|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/wirtschaft/article216757345/Container-sollen-mit-Drohnen-durch-den-Hafen-fliegen.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Martin Kopp|date=2019-03-27|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> and [[3D printing]].<ref>{{cite web|title=HHLA investiert in 3D-Druck|periodical=Deutsche Logistik-Zeitung|publisher=|url=https://www.dvz.de/rubriken/see/haefen/detail/news/hhla-investiert-in-3d-druck.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Sebastian Reimann|date=2019-03-27|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> It co-founded the joint venture ''Hyperport Cargo Solutions'' to develop a component to bring [[Hyperloop]] technology to ports.<ref>{{cite web|title="Hyperloop ergibt auf kurzen Strecken wenig Sinn"|periodical=[[Wirtschaftswoche]]|publisher=|url=https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/dienstleister/container-transport-hyperloop-ergibt-auf-kurzen-strecken-wenig-sinn/23720402.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Michael Kroker|date=2018-12-05|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

== History ==
=== 1885–1945 ===
[[File:Hamburg - Speicherstadtrathaus (2019).jpg|thumb|Administrative building in the ''Speicherstadt'']]
Hamburg's state quay administration was founded in 1866.<ref name="Zeuner-264">Christine Zeuner: ''Erwachsenenbildung in Hamburg 1945–1972. Institutionen und Profile'', Münster, Hamburg 2000, p. 264, {{ISBN|3-8258-5080-3}}.</ref> Its role included organising [[transloading]] for the city and the maintenance of both the [[wharf]]s and the equipment and machinery on them. In March 1885, the city founded the ''Hamburger Freihafen-Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft'' (HFLG).<ref name="Kern-163" /> As part of Hamburg's inclusion in the German Imperial customs system, the company's role was to build and maintain the world's most modern and largest logistics centre at that time – Hamburg's [[Speicherstadt]] historical warehouse district.<ref>Helmuth Kern: ''Die Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus-Aktiengesellschaft: Porträt eines landeseigenen Unternehmens im freien Wettbewerb''. In: ''Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen'', Bd. 6, H. 2 (1983), p. 163–168, here p. 164.</ref> It was an [[Aktiengesellschaft]] from the very beginning, with the city contributing the property and [[Norddeutsche Bank]] the capital. Construction of the Speicherstadt warehouse district began in 1885 and was largely completed by 1912.<ref>{{cite web|title=Die Hamburger Speicherstadt|periodical=Stadtentwicklung zur Moderne. Die Entstehung großstädtischer Hafen- und Bürohausquartiere. Urban Development towards Modernism. The Birth of the Metropolitan Harbour and Commercial Districts], p. 64–78, here p. 74|publisher=|url=https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/icomoshefte/article/view/20558/14346|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Ralf Lange|date=2015-06-01|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> By 1913, the Port of Hamburg was the third-largest in the world behind the ports of [[Port of London|London]] and [[Port of New York and New Jersey|New York]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hamburg – Amphibische Stadt im (inter-)nationalen Kontext|periodical=Stadtentwicklung zur Moderne. Die Entstehung großstädtischer Hafen- und Bürohausquartiere. Urban Development towards Modernism. The Birth of the Metropolitan Harbour and Commercial Districts], p. 53–61, here p. 58|publisher=|url=https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/icomoshefte/article/view/20426/14216|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Dirk Schubert|date=2015-06-01|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

During [[World War I]] (1914–1918), the [[Royal Navy]] blocked the seaports of the [[German Reich]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Der Seekrieg|periodical=Lebendiges Museum Online|publisher=|url=https://www.dhm.de/lemo/kapitel/erster-weltkrieg/kriegsverlauf/seekrieg.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> This brought business in Hamburg and its port to a complete standstill.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wo Hamburg an den Ersten Weltkrieg erinnert|periodical=[[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]]|publisher=|url=https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/schauplaetze/Wo-Hamburg-an-Krieg-erinnert,ersterweltkrieg134.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2014-07-30|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> In the [[Treaty of Versailles]], the allied powers forced Germany to give up the majority of its [[merchant navy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Versailler Vertrag: Fragen und Antworten|periodical=Norddeutscher Rundfunk|publisher=|url=https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/Versailler-Vertrag-Unterzeichnung-Inhalt-und-Folgen,versaillervertrag104.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Wolfgang Müller|date=2020-01-11|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> Companies such as [[Hamburg America Line|HAPAG]] were, however, able to retool in the coming years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hapag-Lloyd: Über 150 Jahre Tradition|periodical=[[Rheinische Post]]|publisher=|url=https://rp-online.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/hapag-lloyd-ueber-150-jahre-tradition_aid-16840985|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2004-09-07|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> In 1927, the City of Hamburg became the sole shareholder in HFLG.<ref>Arnold Kludas, Dieter Maass, Susanne Sabisch: ''Hafen Hamburg. Die Geschichte des Hamburger Freihafens von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart''. Kabel, Hamburg 1988, p. 50, {{ISBN|3-8225-0089-5}}.</ref>

The effects of the [[Great Depression]] (from 1929), [[protectionism]] in many industrial countries, the seizure of control by the [[Nazism|National Socialists]] (1933) and their [[Autarky|autarky policy]] saw [[border trade|cross border trade]] drop to levels lower than before the crisis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vom Kaiserreich bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg: Wachstum und Krise|periodical=Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Online)|publisher=|url=https://www.bpb.de/nachschlagen/zahlen-und-fakten/deutschland-in-daten/221463/wachstum-und-krise|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Nikolaus Wolf|date=2016-01-28|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> In 1935, HFLG merged with the state quay administration to become the ''Betriebsgesellschaft der hamburgischen Hafenanlagen''. As well as operating the port facilities, it was also responsible for their upkeep and expansion. In 1939, the company was renamed, becoming ''Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus-Aktiengesellschaft'' (HHLA).<ref name="Zeuner-264" /> During [[World War II]], HHLA employed [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Zwangsarbeit in der Hamburger Kriegswirtschaft 1939–1945|periodical=Zwangsarbeit-in-hamburg.de|publisher=|url=http://www.zwangsarbeit-in-hamburg.de|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=|year=|language=de|pages=|quote=}}</ref> Allied bombers attacked the Port of Hamburg multiple times, destroying large parts of it.<ref>{{cite web|title=Der Hafen von Hamburg|periodical=Wirtschaftsdienst (Vol. 31, Heft 4, P. 41–44, Here P. 41)|publisher=|url=https://www.econstor.eu/dspace/bitstream/10419/131294/1/wd_v31_i04_pp041-044.pdf|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Helmut Schmidt|author-link=Helmut Schmidt|date=1951|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

=== 1945–2000 ===
The Second World War ended in May 1945. The Port of Hamburg had suffered further damage. Around 90% of the quay shed area was destroyed, and two thirds of the warehouses were left unusable. Large parts of the quay walls lay in ruins. Almost 3,000 shipwrecks prevented regulated shipping movements. The reconstruction of the port was largely completed by 1956.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spuren der Geschichte. Hamburg, sein Hafen und die Hafencity.|periodical=Arbeitshefte zur Hafencity|publisher=HafenCity Hamburg GmbH|url=https://www.hafencity.com/upload/files/files/Arbeistheft5_Historie_FINAL_inkl_Titel.pdf|url-status=dead|format=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201212849/https://www.hafencity.com/upload/files/files/Arbeistheft5_Historie_FINAL_inkl_Titel.pdf|archive-date=2020-12-01|last=Gert Kähler, Sandra Schürmann|date=2010|language=|pages=|quote=}} p. 77 f.</ref>

1967 saw the opening of the "Übersee-Zentrum". It was, at the time, the world's largest distribution shed and was used as a distribution facility for mixed [[break bulk cargo]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hamburg damals: Das Überseezentrum|periodical=Norddeutscher Rundfunk|publisher=|url=https://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/hamburg_journal/Hamburg-damals-Das-Ueberseezentrum,hamj53814.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2017-02-12|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> It remained in use until 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hier entsteht Hamburgs neuer Stadtteil|periodical=Hamburger Abendblatt|publisher=|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/article211931211/Hier-entsteht-Hamburgs-neuer-Stadtteil.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Friederike Ulrich|date=2017-09-15|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> The first [[container ship]] docked in the Port of Hamburg in 1968. It was handled at ''Burchardkai'' – where HHLA later built the ''Container Terminal Burchardkai'' – using [[container crane]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Containerschiffe: Beginn einer neuen Ära|periodical=Norddeutscher Rundfunk|publisher=|url=https://www.ndr.de/geschichte/chronologie/Wie-Container-die-Schiffahrt-veraenderten,container608.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2018-05-30|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> In 1970, new port order regulations relieved HHLA of all sovereign functions. This created competition between companies in the port industry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spuren der Geschichte. Hamburg, sein Hafen und die Hafencity.|periodical=Arbeitshefte zur Hafencity|publisher=HafenCity Hamburg GmbH|url=https://www.hafencity.com/upload/files/files/Arbeistheft5_Historie_FINAL_inkl_Titel.pdf|url-status=dead|format=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201212849/https://www.hafencity.com/upload/files/files/Arbeistheft5_Historie_FINAL_inkl_Titel.pdf|archive-date=2020-12-01|last=Gert Kähler, Sandra Schürmann|date=2010|language=|pages=|quote=}} p. 38.</ref> In 1978, HHLA opened its new fruit and cooling centre for fruit and refrigerated goods, which has been modernised multiple times in the years since.<ref>{{cite web|title=Qualität im Fruchtumschlag|periodical=Hamburger Abendblatt|publisher=|url=https://www.abendblatt.de/wirtschaft/article106906714/Qualitaet-im-Fruchtumschlag.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015055306/https://www.abendblatt.de/wirtschaft/article106906714/Qualitaet-im-Fruchtumschlag.html|archive-date=2015-10-15|last=|date=2014-09-04|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

In 1990, many of the former [[Eastern Bloc]] states became independent after the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]]. The Port of Hamburg was soon able to resume handling cargo for these countries (its [[Hinterland]] was now much larger). HHLA began to invest in a number of companies that organised container transport on the railway network, and the volume of cargo that they handled rose.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spuren der Geschichte. Hamburg, sein Hafen und die Hafencity.|periodical=Arbeitshefte zur Hafencity|publisher=HafenCity Hamburg GmbH|url=https://www.hafencity.com/upload/files/files/Arbeistheft5_Historie_FINAL_inkl_Titel.pdf|url-status=dead|format=|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201212849/https://www.hafencity.com/upload/files/files/Arbeistheft5_Historie_FINAL_inkl_Titel.pdf|archive-date=2020-12-01|last=Gert Kähler, Sandra Schürmann|date=2010|language=|pages=|quote=}} p. 89 f.</ref>

===2000- present===
On 25 June 2002, the first container ship was handled at the new Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) .<ref>{{cite web|title=Seit einem Jahr in Betrieb: Container Terminal Altenwerder|periodical=VerkehrsRundschau|publisher=|url=https://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/nachrichten/seit-einem-jahr-in-betrieb-container-terminal-altenwerder-58950.html|url-status=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2003-06-25|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> On 1 October 2005, the company changed its name to ''Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG''. The abbreviation HHLA remained.<ref>{{cite web|title=Neuer Name für Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus-AG|periodical=VerkehrsRundschau|publisher=|url=https://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/nachrichten/neuer-name-fuer-hamburger-hafen-und-lagerhaus-ag-345444.html|url-status=dead|access-date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604124944/https://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/nachrichten/neuer-name-fuer-hamburger-hafen-und-lagerhaus-ag-345444.html|archive-date=2020-06-04|last=|date=2005-09-30|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

HHLA was retroactively split into the subgroups ''Port Logistics'' and ''Real Estate'' with effect from 1 January 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=HHLA langfristiger Kauf|periodical=Boerse.de|publisher=|url=https://www.boerse.de/nachrichten/HHLA-langfristiger-Kauf/2224319|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=|date=2010-02-11|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref> On 2 November 2007, the Port Logistics subgroup was listed on the stock exchange.<ref name="Spiegel-online-2007-11-02" /> Since its [[initial public offering]] in October 2007, HHLA shares have been traded on the [[Prime Standard]] at the [[Frankfurt Stock Exchange]] and the [[Hamburg Stock Exchange]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Basic data|periodical=Hhla.de|publisher=|url=https://hhla.de/en/investors/share/basic-data|url-status=|format=|access-date=|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=HHLA|date=|year=|language=|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>Peter Starck (October 26, 2007), [https://www.reuters.com/article/hhla-ipo-idUSL2629826520071026 Hamburg port stock quoted near top of IPO range] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>

In 2010, Burchardkai and am Tollerort were fused to decrease costs after a decrease of 30 percent in container business and 20 percent in across land logistics in 2009. There had been delays in the digging of the [[Elbe]] to deepen it for large container ships.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin Kopp |date=2011-11-19 |title=Der Hamburger Hafen beginnt zu schrumpfen |language=de |work=Die WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/welt_print/vermischtes/hamburg/article5828515/Der-Hamburger-Hafen-beginnt-zu-schrumpfen.html |access-date=2023-09-13}}</ref>

In early 2023, Chinese shipping firm [[Cosco]] bought one of the three terminals, which caused protests by the German government coalition ([[Scholz cabinet]])and from abroad. In September 2023 it was reported that billionaire [[Klaus-Michael Kühne]] wanted to take over HHLA.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ritter |first=Johannes |date=2023-09-12 |title=Hamburger Hafen: Wie Klaus-Michael Kühne ihn retten will |language=de |work=FAZ.NET |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/hamburger-hafen-wie-klaus-michael-kuehne-ihn-retten-will-19166470.html |access-date=2023-09-13 |issn=0174-4909}}</ref> which was followed by an offer of Swiss [[Mediterranean Shipping Company|MSC]] of nearly 1.3 billion euros.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Heine |first1=Friederike |last2=Schwartz |first2=Jan |date=2023-09-13 |title=Battle heats up for Hamburg port operator as MSC makes $1.4 billion offer |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/msc-offers-buy-stake-hamburg-port-operator-2023-09-13/ |access-date=2023-09-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/FAQ-Hamburger-Hafenbetreiber-HHLA-und-der-geplante-MSC-Deal,hhlamsc100.html | title=MSC-Einstieg bei Hamburgs Hafenbetreiber HHLA: Fragen und Antworten }}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery class="center" style="text-align:center">
File:Altenwerder5590.JPG|Container Terminal Altenwerder (2006)
File:WPAhoi, Terminal Burchardkai, Hamburg (P1080571).jpg|Container Terminal Burchardkai (2019)
File:Container Terminal Tollerort (Hamburg-Steinwerder).3.phb.ajb.jpg|Container Terminal Tollerort (2013)
File:V 90 der Metrans.JPG|V 90 of ''Metrans'' (2016)
File:Grosse Elbstrasse.Elbkaihaus.wmt.jpg|Elbkaihaus (Real Estate, 2010)
</gallery>

== Further reading ==
* Oliver Driesen: ''Welt im Fluss. Hamburgs Hafen, die HHLA und die Globalisierung''. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2010, {{ISBN|978-3-455-50139-1}}.
* ''125 Jahre HHLA. Die Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG feiert Jubiläum.'' In: ''Hansa'', Heft 2/2010, p. 68–71, Schiffahrts-Verlag Hansa, Hamburg 2010, {{ISSN|0017-7504}}
* Arnold Kludas, Dieter Maass, Susanne Sabisch: ''Hafen Hamburg. Die Geschichte des Hamburger Freihafens von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart''. Kabel, Hamburg 1988, {{ISBN|3-8225-0089-5}}.
* Helmuth Kern: ''Die Hamburger Hafen- und Lagerhaus-Aktiengesellschaft: Porträt eines landeseigenen Unternehmens im freien Wettbewerb''. In: ''Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen'', Bd. 6, H. 2 (1983), pp. 163–168.
* MSC 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240828090328/https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/ https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/

== References ==
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== External links ==
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