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The Performance of Seaport Clusters
This table shows that especially cargo handling and transport activities are concentrated in
port regions. Logistics activities are less concentrated in port regions. This is also found in
Rotterdam:
Table 21: Concentration of cluster activities in Rotterdam (2002)
Component Activity description Localization
quotient
Cargo handling
Transport
Logistics
Manufacturing
Trade
Source: Bureau van Dijk (2003)
Marine Cargo Handling 7.7
Port and Harbor Operations 4.7
Freight Transportation arrangement 4.6
Inland Water Freight Transportation 4.0
Coastal freight transportation 3.8
Other Support Activities for Water Transportation 3.7
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil 3.5
Deep Sea Freight Transportation 3.2
European distribution centers 3.1
Support activities for transportation 3.0
Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services 0.7
Industrial gas manufacturing 4.9
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil 3.5
Petroleum refineries 3.4
Petrochemical Manufacturing 3.1
Petroleum and Petroleum Products Wholesalers 1.8
Basic chemical manufacturing 1.7
Flour milling and malt manufacturing 0.7
Iron and steel mills 0.6
Petroleum and Petroleum Products Wholesalers 1.8
Chemical products wholesalers 1.4
Metal & mineral (except petroleum wholesalers 1.0
Grain and Field Bean Wholesalers 1.0
The inclusion of manufacturing and trade activities is based on the concentration figures in
the 17 large US ports, and the ‘value chain analysis’. All manufacturing activities that use