HHLA welcomed 38 new apprentices and students to its headquarters in Hamburg recently. In particular, the number of industrial and technical apprenticeships was increased. Vocations focusing on IT or technology continue to be in the majority. This now puts the total number of young trainees in the company at 112.
This morning, a new stage of life began for the young people at HHLA. HHLA’s Chief Human Resources Officer Torben Seebold said: “For HHLA, training our own young people is a key investment in the future. This allows us to strengthen our specialist skills base for our core business and, in particular, secure the long-term competitiveness of our Hamburg container terminals. Especially when it comes to the technical and industrial professions, we need qualified employees to help shape our industry’s transformation and to ensure our ability to perform for the good of our customers in the future as well. This is why we have significantly increased the number of apprenticeship positions in this area this year. We are thus also able to offer more young people attractive development opportunities in a forward-looking environment.”
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Clarissa Groß, Head of HR Development at HHLA, added: “I am very excited today to welcome 38 young trainees who have chosen to do their apprenticeships or study courses at HHLA. We are particularly proud that approximately 40 percent are women this year. This is a strong signal, especially in professions focused on the technical, industrial and IT fields in the port. It demonstrates that our activities in career orientation and winning young talents – such as the “MINT für Mädels” [STEM for Girls> programme started in 2025 as well as our many years of participation in the “Future Day” and numerous trade fairs for young people – have successfully generated interest among young women in the diverse career opportunities in the port and logistics industry. Diversity enriches our teams and strengthens our ability to innovate and our future viability.”
Over the coming years, the full cohort of 15 women and 23 men will complete practical training in HHLA’s various facilities and departments as well as its domestic and foreign subsidiaries. HHLA offers apprenticeships in industrial, commercial and technical fields, as well as a wide range of dual study courses.
Compared to previous years, today’s start of the apprenticeships and study courses expands mainly the industrial and technical apprenticeships. Six aspiring specialists in port logistics, twelve mechatronics engineers, three mechatronics engineers for refrigeration technology and two electronics engineers for automation technology thus start their journey today. In the future, the expertise garnered in the technical apprenticeships will help to maintain and repair the high-performance and partially automated handling equipment at HHLA’s container terminals in Hamburg, thus making an important contribution towards ensuring efficient and reliable handling. In terms of the commercial apprenticeships, the digitalisation management specialists and IT specialists for system integration are now well established within the company. When it comes to dual study course students, HHLA also clearly focuses on the STEM subjects with study programmes in the areas of technical informatics, business information technology, industrial engineering, business informatics and regenerative energy systems.