In the second quarter of this year, the terminal group German Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) reported revenue record of 448.9 million euros, with a growth of +13.2% on the previous year. corresponding period of 2024 thanks to the record turnover of port terminal core business, which amounted to 439.4 million euros (+13.4%). EBITDA was of €89.9 million (+10.4%) and operating profit of €46.8 million (+13.0%), with contributions from port terminals respectively equal to 84.3 million (+11.4%) and 43.7 million (+15.0%). Profit after the amounted to €18.9 million (-5.9%), of which €17.2 million deriving from port activities (-4.4%).

In the period April-June 2025, the port terminals of the group handled container traffic of 1.63 million TEUs (+10.3%). In addition, intermodal traffic handled by the company reached a record 501 thousand TEUs (+12,1%).

In the first half of 2025, containerized traffic in the port terminals amounted to 3.17 million TEUs, with a Progression of +7.9% on the first half of last year. HHLA has announced that the terminals in the port of Hamburg alone have handled 3.01 million TEUs (+6.9%). The group's foreign port terminals handled 165 thousand TEUs, with a strong increase of +28.7% which - the German group announced - was driven by the growth in traffic handled by HHLA PLT Italy, the subsidiary HHLA which operates in the port of Trieste where in the first quarter of decline was followed by a rise in the second quarter, and since the restart traffic at the Odessa Container Terminal of the Ukrainian port of Odessa.