Layoffs at Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) are to be ruled out until 2036. This is provided for in a new collective agreement.
The terminal operator and the trade union ver.di as well as the works councils have agreed on this. HHLA currently has around 6,500 employees. The central point is the exclusion of compulsory redundancies until 2036.
The reason for this is that HHLA wants to modernize and automate its terminals to a greater extent. There will be less work at the individual facilities – such as at Burchardkai in Waltershof – in future. The employees are to be given new tasks and trained accordingly.
In return, HHLA can also deploy the employees at other terminals of the company. According to the port operator, the aim is to meet the increasing demands of global competition.
The company has lost market share to its competitors in Northern Europe in recent years. This is set to change, not least thanks to the Swiss shipping company MSC joining HHLA. MSC has promised to bring significantly more cargo to Hamburg in the coming years.
