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8. MONITORIZACIÓN NEUROFISIOLÓGICA
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Segmente 31.12.2007 31.12.2006 Change Container 2,848 2,630 8.3 % Intermodal 722 618 16.8 % Logistics 462 459 0.7 % Real Estate 39 39 – Holding company/ Other 494 469 5.3 % total 4,565 4,215 8.3 %
70 hhla annual RepoRt 2007
Last year a number of projects were initiated or continued to increase the quality of processes and data. These in- cluded the further development of eProcurement and the introduction of a compliance check. The compliance check is HHLA’s response to a UN Security Council anti-terrorism resolution. A software-enabled review is intended to ensure that HHLA only works with business partners who do not appear on official sanctions lists.
ReSeaRCh anD DeVelopMent
One of HHLA’s strategic objectives is to constantly improve the efficiency of its operating systems and thereby its com- petitiveness by developing application technologies.
Activities carried out in 2007 included taking part in the MaTIB project (Management of Transport and Incidents in Rail Traffic) which is sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research. Its aim is to make container transport in intermodal traffic more attractive by improving the IT-based workflow management. Un- til now there have been no sufficiently broadly accepted data standards, particularly for the interfaces. This makes it impossible to transmit data from one transport mode to another without interruptions. From the HHLA Group, POL- ZUG, HPC Hamburg Port Consulting and Uniconsult are taking part in the cross-sector project. They are working on developing a process standard on which additional IT systems for the different hinterland carriers can be based. This involves the management and monitoring of workflow processes, for example, which actively track each indi- vidual transport using predefined transport events.
Another of the HHLA Group’s research projects is OLAS, which focuses on optimizing logistics processes and new coordination procedures for the Container Termi- nal Altenwerder. This is a project sponsored by the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology which is intended to realize further efficiency gains and higher container throughput at the state-of-the-art Container Terminal Al- tenwerder and its hinterland connections to road, rail and inland waterways.
18 work packets have been created to examine and optimize areas such as innovative routing algorithms for the automated guided vehicles (AGV) at the Container Terminal
Altenwerder, an improved graphic overview of the terminal at the control bay, or higher-performance storage and re- covery strategies in the container warehouse. Cutting-edge technologies for identifying and tracking containers are analyzed and prepared for practical implementation.
OLAS began in spring 2007 and is due to run until 2010. In its first year, OLAS concentrated particularly on increasing container throughput by developing a multiple- load mode for the AGV. Together with optimized routing algorithms and warehouse strategies, this will enable sig- nificant increases in handling volumes between the quay- side and the container warehouse.
In addition to the IT developers at HHLA, the Con- tainer Terminal Altenwerder and Uniconsult are also taking part in the OLAS project.
71 GRoup ManaGeMent RepoRt
eConoMIC enVIRonMent
MaCRoeConoMIC DeVelopMentThe global economy again grew strongly in 2007, ex- panding by 4.9 % according to the International Mon- etary Fund’s World Economic Outlook. This is the fourth consecutive year in which growth has outpaced its ten- year mean. Towards year-end the economic climate darkened considerably, however, primarily in response the US property crisis.
The Asian emerging economies again drove growth last year, expanding gross domestic product (GDP) by 9.6 %, with China a head above the rest at 11.4 %. The driving forces behind this expansion were primarily gross fixed capital formation and strong exports. Growth in Central and Eastern Europe remained buoyant at 5.5 %. Within the eurozone, economic growth was 2.6 % in real terms. This was driven by private consumption and gross fixed capital formation as well as overseas demand. The higher growth figure of 2.9 % for the 27 EU member states is explained by above-average expansion in Eastern European countries.
In Germany too, the economic upturn continued throughout 2007. Real GDP went up by 2.5 %. German products were in high demand on world markets, enabling exports and a sharp rise in infrastructure investment to contribute to growth. Private consumption did not make itself felt, however, due to the VAT increase, higher energy prices and general price increases.
The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg recorded above- average growth for Germany at 2.8 %. Thanks to its port, Hamburg benefited disproportionately from increasing world trade, which at 6.6 % continues to expand faster than global GDP.
SeCtoR DeVelopMent
Container throughput rose worldwide by 11.7 % in the reporting period. Volumes in Northern Europe went up by the same amount.
In 2007, throughput volumes saw another above-average increase in the Hamburg-Antwerp Range, according to research by Hamburg Hafen Marketing GmbH, up 12.6 % to 33.8 million TEU, of which Hamburg claimed a market share of 29.3 %.
Thanks to the high performance of Hamburg’s port economy and its advantageous geographical location as a transport hub between the Far East, the Baltic region and Central and Eastern Europe, the Port of Hamburg again saw a substantial increase in container handling business. Container volumes in Hamburg rose by 11.6 % to 9.9 mil- lion TEU. The highest growth rates in container traffic were with China (+ 23.0 %), Denmark (+ 22.0 %), Russia (+ 21.6 %), Poland (+ 21.5 %) and Brazil (+ 21.3 %).
72 hhla annual RepoRt 2007
eaRnInGS poSItIon GROUP
From a management perspective, 2007 was a highly suc- cessful year which met with the ambitious expectations at Group level in full.
The HHLA Group continued its course of profitable growth in 2007 and reported increases in volumes, revenue and earnings. Container throughput again went up strongly compared to the previous year by 11.7 % to 7.2 million TEU (6.5 million TEU). This was largely due to greater container traffic with the Far East and Eastern Europe. Hinterland traffic rose despite difficult economic conditions by 8.3 % to 1.7 million TEU, principally as a result of rail-based Eastern European traffic.
The sub-group Port Logistics made a major con- tribution to performance in the reporting period and was responsible for 97.6 % of external revenue and 96.3 % of operating earnings (EBIT). The sub-group Real Estate with the historic Hamburg warehouse district and the Fischmarkt Hamburg-Altona GmbH accounted for 2.4 % of revenue and 3.7 % of operating earnings (EBIT) in the same period.
Total revenue for the HHLA Group went up in the reporting period by 16.0 % to € 1,180.0 million, taking it significantly over the € 1 billion mark (previous year: € 1,017.4 million). This dynamic growth was the result of continuing robust volume increases and improved revenue quality, including above-average warehousing revenue. Exchange rates or changes in the group of consolidated companies did not have a significant effect in the reporting period.
Other operating income climbed by 38.0 % to € 30.8 mil- lion (previous year: € 22.3 million), largely due to reversals of provisions and disposals of property, plant and equipment as well as claims for damages and insurance compensation.
The cost of materials and services rose as a result of increased handling and transport services by 14.2 % to € 453.6 million (previous year: € 397.2 million). Despite higher energy prices, the cost of materials and services remained roughly stable as a percentage of revenue at 38.4 % (previous year: 39.0 %), largely due to continued improvements in the use of resources.
Personnel expenses went up by 10.4 % year on year to € 261.5 million (previous year: € 236.8 million). This was mainly due to an increase in the number of staff from 4,215 in 2006 to 4,565 (+ 8.3 %), higher wage settlements and exceptional expenses for the employee share programme in the course of the flotation (€ 3.8 million). Ongoing productivity increases meant that personnel expenses declined as a percentage of revenue to 22.2 % (previous year: 23.3 %), however.
Other operating expenses were 8.4 % above the pre- vious year’s at € 126.6 million. The rise was principally due to expenses of € 6.8 million in connection with the flotation recognized in profit and loss. The costs of flotation also in- cluded further expenses of € 2.5 million, which were directly offset against equity with no effect on profit and loss. Flota- tion costs of € 3.1 million were indirectly reimbursed by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. The remaining other operating expenses were primarily due to rental and mainte- nance expenses, which increased by less than revenues.