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Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: Greater Output, Increased Employment, Higher Earnings

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Results
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG: Greater Output, Increased Employment,
Higher Earnings

30.03.2015 / 07:30

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HHLA Financial Year 2014
Greater Output, Increased Employment, Higher Earnings

- Operating result (EBIT) increased by 10.0 % to EUR 169.3 million

- Container throughput in Hamburg at a record level of 7.2 million
standard containers (TEU)

- Container throughput overall of 7.5 million TEU

- Further increase of 9.4 % in container transport to 1.3 million TEU

- Number of employees increases by 270

- Dividend proposal: increase of 16 % to EUR 0.52 per listed Class A
share

- Outlook: Slight increase in container throughput despite growing
pressure due to further delay in the dredging of the river Elbe,
increase in market share in container transport, operating result
expected to be on par with previous year.

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) improved its operating result (EBIT)
by 10 % year-on-year to EUR 169.3 million in the 2014 financial year. The
company's container terminals in Hamburg set a new throughput record of 7.2
million standard containers (TEU). The Intermodal companies operating in
rail and road services in particular achieved another substantial increase
of 9.4 % in their transport volumes to 1.3 million TEU.

This pleasing development in 2014 validates the measures taken by the
company early on to further improve the quality and capacity of mega-ship
handling at the terminals and to gear the company up for an increasing
number of ultra large vessels calling at the harbour. HHLA increased its
number of employees on the basis of the rise in volumes at the Hamburg
terminals, the ongoing expansion of the hinterland networks and the
increasing use of its own locomotives. 270 new members of staff took up
qualified and future-proof employment positions with the company in 2014.
HHLA now has a workforce totalling approximately 5,200 employees.

Furthermore, the company improved the handling and coordination of all
modes of transport at the terminals. The Nautical Terminal Coordination
system preponderantly operated by HHLA was launched in the last financial
year to coordinate mega-ship calls at the port of Hamburg. The "Fuhre 2.0"