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The Online Magazine of HHLA

UNESCO World Heritage Speicherstadt

How did a historic warehouse complex become a lively city quarter?

Tradition and modernity are not mutually exclusive

Gerald Hirt, Managing Director of the Hamburg Vessel Coordination Center (HVCC), was unable to become a captain. Nevertheless, he is still in charge of ships.

Designers have to rethink

3D printing opens up many new business opportunities for logistics companies. Maike Grund, head of HHLA's new subsidiary Bionic Production, in an interview about the possibilities and limits of additive manufacturing.

The world’s first climate-neutral container terminal

CTA, one of HHLA's Container Terminals in Hamburg, is the world’s first container handling facility to be certified climate-neutral. Primarily it is powered by green electricity, but how do the electrified processes work? 

New Silk Tracks between China and Europe

All the way from the Yellow River to the Elbe: Zhengzhou – Hamburg. 10,214 kilometres. 15 days. 44 containers bound for Europe.

A start-up for 135 years: HHLA

For 135 years HHLA has carried the genes of a start-up. For when its predecessor was founded on 7 March 1885, the business model was innovative: today's world-famous Hamburg Speicherstadt.

Drones at the HHLA

Drones are being used more and more frequently in society and the working world. At HHLA too, drones are now carrying out many kinds of tasks. But this is just the beginning.

Start-ups: The sky’s the limit!

More and more start-ups are making Hamburg’s Speicherstadt historical warehouse district their home. HHLA rents them space and wants to benefit from their entrepreneurial spirit.

The leading dancers in the port ballet

They are the ballerinas of the port and perform an elegant logistics ballet on its quays: straddle carriers, the special long-legged vehicles for container handling.

Mega-freighters at the Port of Hamburg

Gigantic container ships are an everyday sight on the river Elbe. But what happens in handling at the quayside? And where do all the colourful steel boxes go?