Company Profile

About Hapag-Lloyd

308 vessels, 12.5 million TEU transport volume, around 17,100 employees in more than 400 offices in 140 countries. Hapag-Lloyd is a leading global liner shipping company and a powerful partner for you.

Liner Shipping Segment: Hapag-Lloyd offers a fleet with a Vessel Capacity 2.4 million TEU, as well as a Container Capacity 3.7 million TEU including one of the world’s largest and most modern reefer container fleets. A total of 135 liner services worldwide ensure fast and reliable connections between more than 600 ports on all the continents. Terminal & Infrastructure segment: Hapag-Lloyd has stakes in 21 terminals in Europe, Latin America, the United States, India, and North Africa. Besides terminal-related activities complementary logistics services are provided at selected locations.

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 March 31, 2025 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 %. 

Here you can download the Factsheet about Hapag-Lloyd AG.

Factsheet (pdf, EN, 81.5 KB, 2 Pages)

  • Employees
  • Vessels
  • Services
  • Products
  • Countries

Around 17,100 employees worldwide

  • Land
    12,645
  • Sea
    1,334
  • Terminal & Infrastructure
    3,088

308 vessels

  • > 10,000 TEU
    92
  • 8,000 – 10,000 TEU
    41
  • 6,000 – 8,000 TEU
    29
  • 4,000 – 6,000 TEU
    54
  • 2,300 – 4,000 TEU
    61
  • < 2,300 TEU
    31

135 services spanning the globe*

Note: *FP1 Service listed twice (Asia – North America / Europe – Asia)
 

  • Latin America
    27
  • Asia / Oceania to N.America
    13
  • Europe to N.America
    11
  • Intra-Asia
    19
  • Africa - Med.
    16
  • Europe to Asia
    8
  • Middle East
    12

What we ship

  • Plastics & Rubber
    12%
  • Machinery
    10%
  • Foodstuffs & Beverages
    10%
  • Agriculture
    9%
  • Chemicals
    8%
  • Metals and Minerals
    8%
  • Textiles
    7%
  • Paper & Forest Products
    6%
  • Automotive
    6%
  • Furniture
    5%
  • Electronics
    5%
  • Other products
    13%

Serving customers in 400 locations

  • North Europe
    37
  • South Europe
    52
  • Asia
    95
  • Latin America
    86
  • North America
    13
  • Middle East & Africa
    114

Watch the fascination of Hapag-Lloyd

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.