Economic importance of the Flemish maritime ports: Report 2002

1.2 EMPLOYMENTTABLE 50SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES IN INDIRECT EMPLOYMENT ATANTWERP FROM 1995 TO 1999(FTE)Sectors 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999Maritime clusterShipping agents and forwarders......................... 7,156 6,022 6,345 5,938 5,703Cargo handlers ................................................... 13,513 14,919 14,257 13,584 12,486Shipping companies ........................................... 4,288 4,459 5,835 6,427 5,537Other services..................................................... 38 35 33 40 62Fishing ................................................................ 13 0 0 0 5Shipbuilding and repair....................................... 138 105 78 96 101Other industries .................................................. 189 157 136 154 165Public sector ....................................................... 0 0 0 0 0Total maritime ................................................... 25,335 25,698 26,683 26,238 24,059Non-maritime clusterTotal wholesale trade ......................................... 1,500 1,602 1,860 1,906 2,229Energy ................................................................ 1,076 1,073 1,069 961 915Oil industry.......................................................... 5,687 5,806 4,728 5,030 5,011Chemicals ........................................................... 7,729 8,111 8,976 9,426 10,538Car manufacturing.............................................. 15,384 15,674 14,883 15,426 15,437Electronics .......................................................... 69 73 76 96 110Metal-working industry........................................ 1,224 1,222 1,078 1,007 1,217Food industry...................................................... 654 715 779 578 473Other industries .................................................. 1,325 1,502 1,578 1,747 1,975Total industry ...................................................... 33,147 34,175 33,167 34,271 35,677Other services..................................................... 4,137 4,464 5,027 5,434 5,766Other industries .................................................. 169 130 145 237 383Public sector ....................................................... 0 0 0 0 0Total logistics services........................................ 4,306 4,594 5,172 5,671 6,149Road transport.................................................... 420 419 358 399 424Other services..................................................... 848 847 1,151 880 907Total transport..................................................... 1,268 1,266 1,509 1,279 1,331Total non-maritime ........................................... 40,222 41,638 41,707 43,128 45,387Indirect effects .................................................. 65,557 67,335 68,390 69,366 69,446Source: NBB.100 NBB WORKING PAPER No.56 - JUNE 2004