Economic importance of the Flemish maritime ports: Report 2002

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At the port of Ghent, the major changes recorded in 2002 for the direct employment in the main sectors were asfollows:• The metal-working industry lost 5.5 p.c. of jobs to return to a level of 7,163 FTE. Sidmar in particular closeddown some R & D activities and shed numerous jobs (according to the calculations, 480 FTE);• Employment in the car manufacturing declined by 3.3 p.c. to 6,624 FTE. Production at Volvo Cars Gent didnot increase in 2002 and, except for this company which showed good results, the sector was in rather poorshape, which explains an almost general decrease in employment;• Employment in the chemicals also declined, and it lost 8.9 p.c. of its workforce, which amounts to 1,903 FTE.The drop in activity referred to in point 4.2.2 was the main cause of this;• Other services (including wholesale trade) were one of the only sectors where employment increased in 2002(+ 2.7 p.c.). Employment for the sector totalled 4,446 FTE. At BP Belgium, the workforce increased by45.5 p.c. to reach 182 FTE;• After a good year in 2001 in terms of employment, the other industries lost 8.1 p.c. of their workforce to2,670 FTE.Employment Top 10 at the port of Ghent in 2002Sidmar, Volvo Cars and Volvo Europa Truck held their positions in the 2001 list. They were joined by Electrabel, acompany established in more than one location, and SNCB, which is included in the other services sector.TABLE 19 EMPLOYMENT TOP 10 AT THE PORT OF GHENT IN 2002(FTE)Ranking Company name Sector Employment1 SIDMAR Metal-working industry 5,7922 VOLVO CARS Car manufacturing 3,8313 VOLVO EUROPA TRUCK Car manufacturing 2,4734 ELECTRABEL Energy 7405 GE POWER CONTROLS BELGIUM Electronics 6836 HONDA EUROPE Car manufacturing 6547 STORA ENSO LANGERBRUGGE Other industries 4468 SNCB – NMBS Other services 4199 U.C.B. Chemicals 35010 DENYS Other industries 336Total 15,724Source: NBB.38 NBB WORKING PAPER No.56 - JUNE 2004
4.2.4 InvestmentTABLE 20 SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN INVESTMENT AT GHENT FROM 1995 TO 2002(millions of euros)Sectors(direct effects)1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Relativeshare in2002(in p.c.)Changefrom 1995to 2002(in p.c.)Annualaveragechange(in p.c.)Maritime clusterShipping agents andforwarders ...................... 5.3 2.7 12.3 6.2 6.3 5.3 6.4 6.8 0.8 28.1 3.6Cargo handlers .............. 31.9 32.1 27.6 36.3 50.5 34.7 31.8 37.0 4.6 15.9 2.1Shipping companies ...... 2.9 1.1 3.6 6.8 7.7 4.7 6.5 8.2 1.0 184.0 16.1Other services................ 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 - 9.6 - 1.4Fishing............................ 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.1 57.3 6.7Shipbuilding andrepair.............................. 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.1 286.5 21.3Other industries.............. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.1 - -Public sector .................. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -Total maritime .............. 40.8 36.6 44.3 50.1 65.1 45.4 46.2 54.0 6.7 32.2 4.1Non-maritime clusterTotal wholesale trade..... 39.9 38.5 40.8 35.9 39.2 49.3 64.1 63.5 7.9 59.4 6.9Energy............................ 20.8 45.9 14.8 13.7 15.6 15.3 18.7 5.0 0.6 - 76.2 - 18.5Oil industry ..................... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 - -Chemicals ...................... 32.5 17.8 26.3 31.9 34.7 32.9 46.3 38.3 4.7 17.7 2.4Car manufacturing ......... 52.0 150.6 62.2 116.3 220.2 90.0 77.3 132.6 16.4 155.2 14.3Electronics ..................... 2.9 3.5 5.1 12.5 8.4 12.3 13.8 9.6 1.2 227.0 18.4Metal-working industry... 40.9 66.5 115.8 83.2 170.8 244.2 239.5 126.2 15.6 208.7 17.5Food industry ................. 13.8 11.1 11.9 16.7 27.6 14.3 18.0 18.6 2.3 34.6 4.3Other industries.............. 40.7 29.9 20.3 19.7 32.8 26.8 53.0 302.5 37.4 643.2 33.2Total industry ................. 203.6 325.2 256.3 294.0 510.1 437.4 467.0 632.9 78.3 210.8 17.6Other services................ 6.4 14.1 8.4 9.0 5.6 26.4 24.0 18.5 2.3 188.8 16.4Other industries.............. 7.3 4.2 2.5 2.8 7.8 8.8 4.0 0.9 0.1 - 88.1 - 26.2Public sector .................. 20.4 18.6 22.4 19.0 8.9 14.1 10.5 12.5 1.5 - 38.5 - 6.7Total logistics services... 34.1 36.9 33.4 30.7 22.3 49.3 38.4 31.9 3.9 - 6.4 - 0.9Road transport ............... 10.3 4.9 4.7 9.4 17.0 7.3 8.0 7.7 1.0 - 25.0 - 4.0Other services................ 5.7 7.7 10.7 14.3 12.6 15.9 13.0 18.1 2.2 216.0 17.9Total transport................ 16.0 12.7 15.3 23.7 29.7 23.2 21.0 25.8 3.2 61.0 7.0Total non-maritime ...... 293.6 413.3 345.7 384.3 601.3 559.2 590.5 754.2 93.3 156.8 14.4Direct effects ................ 334.5 449.9 390.1 434.4 666.3 604.6 636.6 808.2 100.0 141.6 13.4Allocation (p.m.)............. 3.1 2.4 4.8 3.9 7.3 4.3 6.8 5.8 - 88.9 9.5Source: NBB.General changesIncluding allocation, investment in the port of Ghent rose on average by 13.4 p.c. per annum (table 20). Thisincrease, the most striking for the four ports under review, was seen especially in 1996, 1999 and 2002, in whichinvestment increased by 34.5, 53.4 and 26.9 p.c. respectively. Falls were recorded only in 1997 and 2000 (- 13.3and - 9.3 p.c. respectively). 2002, the year in which the intermodal platform was put into operation, was veryfavourable in terms of investment, which reached a total amount of 802.4 million euro for the port area and808.2 million euro, including allocation.Changes by clusterThe most noteworthy changes in terms of investments occurred in industry (table 20). This segment aloneaccounted for practically three quarters of the average total amount (and 78.3 p.c. in 2002), well ahead of themaritime cluster and the other non-maritime segments. 1999 was the year of the largest rise in investmentsassociated with Ghent port activity and was also the year in which industrial investments saw their sharpest rise(+ 73.5 p.c.). The following year was marked by a decline in maritime, industrial and transport investment,although logistics services recorded their sharpest rise (+ 121.4 p.c.). In 2002, the second largest increase in totalNBB WORKING PAPER No. 56 - JUNE 2004 39
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