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At HHLA, we transport goods reliably and sustainably across Europe. Our seaport and hinterland terminals are high-performance hubs for combined transport.
Whether by ship, rail or truck, our logistics hubs allow us to provide a diversity of solutions for the intermodal transport of goods, connecting ports efficiently, sustainably and safely with the hinterland. From the northern European seaports of Hamburg, Rotterdam or Gdansk, via Prague and Budapest, to Trieste and Istanbul, we create high-performance transport chains that protect the climate and ensure security of supply.
Our rail subsidiary Metrans plays a central role in the provision of our intermodal logistics services. As a rail logistics specialist, Metrans not only offers a dense rail freight network between the ports of Northern and Eastern Europe and the Adriatic and Black Seas, but also 20 of its own terminals that serve as logistics hubs.
Metrans connects ports with their hinterland across borders and, in particular, links export-oriented companies in Central and South-Eastern Europe with their customers. The network also covers the continental connection between the most important economic centres of the European Union. Rail transport along the New Silk Road also brings the dynamic markets of Asia closer to Europe.
We are continuously expanding this efficient international network of intermodal connections and hubs and developing new, customer-oriented services.
From our base in Hamburg, we connect important locations in Europe with our strategically positioned logistics network.
Learn moreMetrans uses the hub and shuttle principle for freight transport, with regular shuttle trains running between our large hub terminals in the hinterland and various seaports. This bundling of rail transport enables us to efficiently connect smaller and medium-sized locations to our high-performance HHLA network – similar to the aviation industry. Import and export containers are sorted at our hubs and transported onwards in block trains.
So-called antenna trains provide the connection between the hubs and smaller rail terminals. Heavy goods vehicles take over transport for the last mile. This combination of ship, rail and road transport creates a dense, reliable and highly frequent intermodal network that spans numerous countries.
Intermodal transport is often more economically efficient, because it optimally combines the respective strengths of trucks, ships and trains. In addition to our rail subsidiary Metrans, we therefore also rely on many more HHLA subsidiaries that specifically focus on combined transport.
One example is our Container-Transport-Dienst (CTD), which specialises in container trucking in the port, but also handles long-distance transport by barge and rail, as well as truck transport beyond Germany.
Our clients benefit from a particularly strong network in central and southern Europe through Roland Spedition, one of the largest owner-managed container companies in Austria. The forwarding company there makes a significant contribution to shifting truck transport from the road to the more environmentally friendly railways.
Our subsidiary HHLA Project Logistics offers special transport solutions for the entire Caucasus and Central Asia, with tailor-made solutions for heavy and oversized loads and special requirements. In addition to its headquarters in the Georgian seaport of Poti, an important hub on the traditional Silk Road, HHLA Project Logistics has further offices in Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
Our Ukrainian Intermodal Company (UIC) organises efficient container transport by rail and connects the Ukrainian ports with the hinterland. If requested, UIC can take on the entire transport chain, including door-to-door deliveries, warehousing, loading and discharging, as well as the individual composition of trains or wagon groups.
Together with our subsidiaries, we at HHLA form a strong network across Europe.
Learn moreEurope can only achieve its climate targets with ecologically sustainable supply chains – and the Port of Hamburg, as the largest rail port on the continent, makes a decisive contribution. This is where the environmentally friendly modes of transport by rail and large ship are optimally combined. Almost every second container to the hinterland reaches or leaves the port by rail. No other seaport offers such ideal conditions for environmentally friendly rail freight transport.
Our goal is to have supply chains that produce as few emissions as possible. That is why we are already using the first e-trucks for the last-mile transport of containers and are increasingly promoting environmentally friendly rail transport. More than 200 freight trains with over 5,500 wagons are handled daily on 290 kilometres of rail tracks at the Hamburg railway port – a peak value for combined transport in all of Europe. Our hub for ship, rail and heavy goods vehicle traffic is well prepared for all types of loading units.
All HHLA terminals have high-performance rail freight stations, with the container rail terminals Altenwerder (CTA) and Burchardkai (CTB) being among the largest and most modern in Europe.
We connect places, companies and people – shaping the logistics of tomorrow. To achieve this, we build on intelligent solutions and the power of our networks.
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