Logistics
Sector description
The logistics sector is one of Hamburg’s primary industries. A large number of companies use Hamburg and the metropolitan region for the trans-shipment, distribution and storage of goods. The efficiency and the importance of the local transport sector are also reflected in the large proportion of the region’s gross value added attributable to this sector.
In 2015 more than 280.000 employees worked in logistics in the Hamburg metropolitan region contributed to this sector’s success – and this number continues to rise. These employees are either directly employed in the logistics industry (approximately 60 per cent), are logistics service employees (approximately 10 per cent) or are indirect employees (approximately 30 per cent). With such a wide variety of jobs on offer, Hamburg is a great place in which to start a career in logistics.
Among others, the logistics sector encompasses companies in the areas of shipping, inland shipping, trans-shipment and storage, airfreight, road haulage, courier, express and parcel services, and rail freight.
Economic data
| Key figures of the logistics | Data |
|---|---|
| Number of companies 1 | 10528 |
| - in Traffic | 3979 |
| - in Shipping | 2271 |
| - in Aviation | 41 |
| - in Warehousing | 621 |
| - in Post-, Courier- and Expedited Services | 1167 |
| - in support activities for transportation | 2449 |
| Employees subject to social insurance contributions² | 84716 |
| - inTraffic | 21045 |
| - in Shipping | 8706 |
| - in Aviation | 2107 |
| - in Warehousing | 5346 |
| - in Post-, Courier- and Expedited Services | 8159 |
| - in support activities for transportation | 39353 |
| Gross Value Added³ | 10 Mrd. Euro |
| Gross Value Added of Hamburg | 8,0 % |
| Size range of the companies 1 | 10528 |
| - no employees | 6 |
| - 1-3 employees | 9189 |
| - 4-9 employees | 612 |
| - 10-19 employees | 276 |
| - 20-49 employees | 244 |
| - 50-99 employees | 102 |
| - 100-199 employees | 60 |
| - 200-499 employees | 30 |
| > 500 employees | 9 |
1Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
² Federal Employment Agency: Number of employees by sector; reference date: 31. December 2017
³ National Accounts of the Federal States: Series 1, Country results, Vol. 1, Statistic departments of the federation and the federal states: gross value 2015 in current prices for transportation and storage
Current climate in the logistics
The calculated business climate indicator for the Hamburg economy and the respective sectors results from the assessments of the current situation and future development. The resulting values are between 0 and 200 index points.
Committee for the port and shipping
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Chairperson
Willem van der Schalk CEO Verwaltungsgesellschaft a. hartrodt Deutschland mbH
Please contact the committee at:
hafenundschifffahrt@hk24.de |
Committee for the traffic
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Chairperson
Dirk Asmus Owner Dirk Asmus Transporte
Please contact the committee at:
verkehr@hk24.de |