The HGK Group

A partner for sustainable logistics solutions

The HGK Group is one of the leading players in intermodal freight transport, and connects the key industrial locations along the Rhine with the relevant logistics hubs across Europe. For our customers we combine our competences in the field of trimodal freight transport into a unique logistics network. Our objective: to shift more transport onto rail and inland waterways and thereby reduce CO₂emissions in the supply chain.

The HGK Group Business Divisions

For this reason the HGK Group has repositioned itself in recent years. As ‘architects of freight transport’, we offer all services and assets related to trimodal transport and the inland waterways system. In combination with a wide range of logistics services for a wide range of cargo categories and markets, we form a unique offering. We operate high-performance container terminals and logistics hubs, maintain our own fleets for both inland waterway shipping and rail freight and are constantly expanding our logistics offerings, from transport through handling and storage to specific contract logistics services for sensitive goods.

The customised and efficient implementation of this comprehensive range of services is in the hands of five business divisions, which combine their offerings in a customer-focused manner

Our business divisions

HGK Group Overview

21 ports and terminals
350 vessels and barges
90 freight locomotives
Over 700 hectares of storage space
Approximately 2500 employees

3 million TEU container handlings
63 million tonnes freight volume
35 million tonnes handling in ports
13.7 billion net tonne-kilometres transported

Largest inland waterway shipping company in Europe

Regional rail network with over 250 km of own network

Own locomotive and rail vehicle workshops

Largest inland port
network in Germany

One of the largest private German rail freight companies

Management and Committees

The Board of Directors of Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG (HGK)

Uwe Wedig,
Chairman of the Board, CEO

Dr Jens-Albert Oppel,
Member of the Board, COO

Dr Jens-Albert Oppel,
Member of the Board, COO

Supervisory Board of HGK AG

Susana dos Santos Herrmann	Chair of Supervisory Board
Teresa Elisa De Bellis-Olinger	Interpreter and Translator
Manfred Giesen	Retiree, District Mayor of Rodenkirchen
Klaus Hebert-Okon	Retiree
Lukas Lorenz	Carpenter, Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG
Dirk Michel	Deputy Chair of Supervisory Board, property valuation expert
Michael Auer^*	Chairman of Works Committee
Dirk Collin^*	Technical Employee
Jörg Müller^*	Deputy Chair of Works Committee
Petra Peheye^*	Representative for Employees with Disabilities
Mark Remling^*	Specialist Quality and Sustainability, HGK Ship Management Lux S.a r.l.
William Wolfgramm	Councillor of the City of Cologne, Department Head for Environment, Climate and Property
Johannes Bortlisz-Dickhoff**	Parliamentary Group Managing Director Bündnis90/Die Grünen for the Rhein-Erft district
Martin Gawrisch^**	Rhein-Erft district, Treasurer
Katja Trompeter	Consultant, BWConsulting GmbH

* Employee Representative
** Representative for Rhein-Erft district

Corporate Reports

Taking responsibility for the future and operating sustainably. This is of key concern to us. We provide regular information on this matter in our business reports and the Stadtwerke Köln Group sustainability reports that we are part of.

Our annual reports are available in German only.