In 2024, the port terminals of the German group Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) handled container traffic equal to 5.97 million TEUs, with an increase of +0.9% on the year previous, of which 5.69 million TEUs handled by the terminals alone in the port of Hamburg, the latter volume unchanged compared to the 2023. In addition, last year the group handled a traffic intermodal sector equal to 1.79 million TEUs (+11.6%).

In the 2024 financial year, HHLA's revenues amounted to €1.60 billion (+10.5%), of which €1.56 billion generated by port activities (+10.8%). Operating profit was of €134 million (+22.7%), with a contribution of €118 million from the port operations (+26.8%). Net profit attributable to the Group was 33 million (23 million from the compared to 20 million euros (nine million from the activities of the dockers) in 2023.

The year-on-year improvement in economic results produced thanks to a positive trend growing during the year culminated in the last quarter of 2024 when HHLA recorded revenues of 508 million euros, with an increase of +42% on the previous year. same period of the previous year, an operating profit of 58 million (+73%) and a net profit of 21 million (+161%). In the period October-December 2024, port terminals of the group handled a containerized traffic of 1.47 million TEUs (+1%), while the volume of intermodal traffic is state of 466 thousand TEUs (+23%).