Who owns METRANS?
METRANS is owned by HHLA (Germany, XETRA: HHFA).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: HHLA Annual Report 2025, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Hamburg
- Origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, Prague
- Category
- Travel & transport › Parcel & freight logistics
- Parent ticker
- XETRA: HHFA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About METRANS
METRANS is the rail subsidiary through which HHLA runs container rail connections between the North and Baltic Sea ports, the northern Adriatic and their hinterland. HHLA's Annual Report 2025 lists METRANS a.s., Prague, as the Czech parent company and names group companies in Hungary and Slovakia, and says METRANS put eight new rail services into operation.
Ownership timeline of METRANS
Where METRANS sits in HHLA
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in parcel & freight logistics, and who owns them
The 221 brands in parcel & freight logistics on Brandtree belong to 181 owners. The largest is Radiant Logistics, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Adcom Express | Radiant Logistics | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Forward Air | Forward Air | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ABF Freight | ArcBest | 🇺🇸 United States |
| C.H. Robinson | C.H. Robinson | 🇺🇸 United States |
| FedEx Express | FedEx | 🇺🇸 United States |
| GLS | IDS | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| InPost | InPost | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| Wilhelmsen Port Services | Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding | 🇳🇴 Norway |
About the owner: HHLA
HHLA is a publicly listed company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as XETRA: HHFA.
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG is a port and logistics group whose Annual Report 2025 describes it as an integrated provider of container handling, transport and logistics, with container, intermodal, logistics and real estate segments. The report lists its class A shares as Prime Standard shares with the symbol HHFA and says Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE, in which the City of Hamburg and MSC both hold indirect stakes, holds 68,756,039 of the 72,514,938 class A shares; it names HGV as the parent company above the group.
🇨🇿 METRANS and other Czech brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 42 brands that began in the Czech Republic. 11 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, METRANS among them.
- Smartwings — Smartwings 🇨🇿
- Allegro.cz — Allegro 🇵🇱
- Becherovka — Maspex 🇵🇱
- Bernard — Duvel Moortgat 🇧🇪
- Brit — VAFO 🇨🇿
- FATRAFLOOR — AGROFERT 🇨🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of METRANS?
The parent company of METRANS is HHLA, a publicly listed company headquartered in Germany.
Is METRANS Czech or German?
METRANS originated in the Czech Republic, but it is owned today by HHLA, which is headquartered in Germany. So METRANS is a Czech-origin brand under German ownership.
Is METRANS still owned by HHLA?
Yes. As of 5 October 2026, METRANS is still owned by HHLA. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] HHLA Annual Report 2025 — Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG, Annual report; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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