In the second quarter of this year, the economic performance of the German terminal group Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) whose share capital as at 30 June was controlled with a 66.8% stake by the municipality Hamburg and 22.9% owned by the shipowner group Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) through SAS Shipping Agencies Services, of which 13.2% of the stake already acquired and 9.7% in the acquisition phase, HHLA's share capital which, in the completion of the offer advanced almost a year ago by the MSC group ( of 13 September 2023), is expected to be controlled by the Municipality of Hamburg with a 50.1% stake and participated in by MSC with the remaining 49.9% of the capital.

In the second quarter of 2024, HHLA's revenues amounted to 396.7 million euro, up +9.5% on the same period last year. EBITDA was to €81.5 million (+13.6%), operating profit to €41.4 million (+50.8%) and profit after taxes at €20.1 million (+90.8%). The only port business segment generated revenues of €387.5 million (+9.9%), EBITDA of €75.7 million (+18.3%), EBIT of €38.0 million (+72.0%) and profit after tax of €18.0 million million euros (+140.4%).

In the period April-June of this year, the port terminals of the company handled container traffic equal to almost 1.5 million TEUs (+1.1%). In addition, in the intermodal sector, traffic of 447 thousand TEUs (+8.8%) was handled.