The roots of Hapag-Lloyd AG stretch far back into the 19th century, when the founding companies – Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (Hapag) and North German Lloyd – put their first ships to sea carrying general cargo and passengers to New York.
From these beginnings, in an exciting history marked by changes and upheavals, grew the leading and globally active container liner shipping company that they are today.
248 vessels, 11.9 million TEU transport volume, around 14,000 employees in 418 offices in 137 countries. They are leading global liner shipping company and a powerful partner for you.
The Company offers a fleet with a Vessel Capacity 1.8 million TEU, as well as a Container Capacity 3.0 million TEU including one of the world’s largest and most modern reefer container fleets.
A total of 123 liner services worldwide ensure fast and reliable connections between more than 600 ports on all the continents.
H-L belongs to the leading ocean carriers for the trades Transatlantic, Middle East, Latin America and Intra-America.
Hapag-Lloyd Advantages
- Containers
- Vessels
- Reefer Cargo
- Dangerous Goods
- Special Cargo
- Coffee Transport
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