We make global trade happen
234 modern ships, 12,0 million TEU (Twenty-foot Equivalent Unit) transported per year, around 13,200 motivated employees in 395 offices in 129 countries. Hapag-Lloyd is a leading global liner shipping company and a powerful partner for you.
Hapag-Lloyd offers a fleet with a total capacity of 1.7 Million TEU, as well as a container stock of approximately 2.7 million TEU including one of the world’s largest and most modern reefer container fleets. A total of 122 liner services worldwide ensure fast and reliable connections between more than 600 ports on all the continents.
Hapag-Lloyd belongs to the leading ocean carriers for the trades Transatlantic, Middle East, Latin America and Intra-America.
The owners of Hapag-Lloyd, as of September 30, 2020 are CSAV (30.0%), Klaus Michael Kühne (incl. Kühne Holding AG and Kühne Maritime GmbH (30.0%), HGV Hamburger Gesellschaft für Vermögens- und Beteiligungsmanagement mbH (13.9%), Qatar Investment Authority (12.3%), the Public Investment Fund on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (10.2%), plus a free float of 3.6 %.
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Around 13,200 employees worldwide
- Land
- Sea
234 modern vessels
- > 10,000 TEU
- 8,000 – 10,000 TEU
- 6,000 – 8,000 TEU
- 4,000 – 6,000 TEU
- 2,300 – 4,000 TEU
- < 2,300 TEU
121 services spanning the globe*
Note: *FP1 and FP2 Service listed twice (Asia – North America / Europe – Asia)
- Latin America
- Asia /Oceania to N.America
- Europe to N.America
- Intra-Asia
- Africa - Med.
- Europe to Asia
- Middle East
What we ship
- Foodstuffs & Beverages
- Plastics & Rubber
- Chemicals
- Paper & Forest Products
- Machinery
- Metals
- Textiles
- Automobiles
- Furniture
- Electronics
- Various other
Serving customers in 388 locations
- Europe
- Asia
- Latin America
- North America
- Middle East
Our corporate film shows Hapag-Lloyd’s global shipping activities emphasizing our worldwide services, high quality and environmental standards as well as our historical roots.
In addition to dominating the headlines and the lives of many of us around the world, the coronavirus pandemic is having a major impact on the logistics industry and will continue to cause disruptions for some time to come. Now as always, we will do our very best to keep your business running smoothly.
Captain Wolf Kaiser – Jack of all trades on the seven seas
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Meet Mohamed Abboud – the ruler of the Orange kingdom
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19 years old, nearly nine months on board, and still smiling
Read storyAlbert Ballin Awards and Albert Ballin Forum
To mark the centenary of Albert Ballin’s death on November 9, 2018, Hapag-Lloyd established the Albert Ballin Award for Global Action and two Albert Ballin Awards for Globalization Research, which will be awarded at regular four-year intervals.
On the same occasion, Hapag-Lloyd organized the first Albert Ballin Forum Hamburg, conceived as an interdisciplinary scientific symposium dedicated to reflecting critically on processes of globalization both past and present. The forum, too, will be held at four-year intervals.
Sustainability
Quality and environmental protection are an indispensable part of Hapag-Lloyd´s DNA. Our sustainability policy outlines our commitment to protect the environment, to provide the highest service quality, and to care for our employees' health and safety.
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On board
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IMO 2020
On Board
Modern and innovative vessel technology and professional fleet management allow us to actively protect the environment in daily operations.
Ashore
As one of the largest shipping lines in the world, our business does not only take place on the water. We take environmental care seriously in our 300+ offices around the world.
EcoCalc
Wondering what effect your transport has on the environment? Our EcoCalc software determines the climate impact of your door to door transport.
Certificates
Various certificates and awards confirm: Hapag-Lloyd is truly committed.
Sustainability Report
The Hapag-Lloyd Sustainability Report covers all the important topics of our company such as employees, health and safety, digitalisation and digital security as well as environmental and climate protection.
IMO 2020
Find further information regarding the IMO 2020 regulations and Hapag-Lloyd’s new established Marine Fuel Recovery (MFR).
Compliance
Compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies is fundamental to our way of doing business. Read more about how our compliance organization pulls it all together to make a single system of shared values and policies that promote growth, quality, and security.
