The experts of tomorrow

Depending on the profession, training at HHLA takes between 3 and 3.5 years. This can be reduced by six months in the event of good academic and practical performance. During the training period, you'll familiarise yourself with various departments to get an excellent overview of our company and its different sectors.

You'll have an opportunity to work on a variety of projects and network with other trainees and students of dual study programmes. In terms of practical training, you will work at the holding in our warehouse district (‘Speicherstadt’), at the HHLA counter terminals, our Metrans intermodal companies and CTD as well as in our real estate sector. Academic education is provided by the respective vocational school in block lessons.

There is also an opportunity to take part in social or international programmes, seminars and external courses. This allows you to build on your strengths in a targeted way and develop further. We invest a lot of time in our trainees and offer special benefits.