Economic importance of the Flemish maritime ports: Report 2002

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4.3 Port of Ostend4.3.1 Significant facts in 2002 48• ContextThe port of Ostend has been Belgium's leading passenger and car-ferry port for more than 150 years. Until 1993,Regie voor Maritiem Transport (RMT) operated a daily shuttle service to Dover (United Kingdom) beforecompetition from the Channel Tunnel and other ports brought it to its knees in 1997 (liquidation declared in 2000)with other private operators (like Hoverspeed) taking its place, albeit with a more limited service. This far-reachingchange in the environment – until that time, RMT had monopolised the outer port – has, however, helped to revivethe port's operations and diversify its ro-ro traffic. The transit of cargo has since risen, by 85.3 p.c. from 1998 to2002, an increase of 3.4 million tonnes transhipped each year 49 .It is also one of the best-equipped fishing ports in Europe. In 2002, cargo traffic exceeded 6 million tonnes, acapacity which the port authorities hope to see increase over the next few years, with the renovation of the outerport and the widening of the port entrance channel. As far as the ro-ro port is concerned, the new Zeewezendokhas significantly increased its capacity to receive and handle containers; it is now considered to be one of themost flexible ports in this respect. In 2002, ro-ro activity achieved record growth of more than 40 p.c., with otheractivities also enjoying comparable growth. This can be attributed largely to the success of a number of shippingcompanies such as Transeuropa Ferries. This company has a number of vessels operating ro-ro services inparticular towards Ramsgate.• IndustryIn 2002, Tractebel concluded a contract with Proviron Fine Chemicals (group created by the acquisition in 1996 ofthe Fine Chemicals group, a division of UCB) to manage, operate and maintain the supplies and facilities on thePlassendale Chemie site. In December, the Belgian-American consortium Immo Industry Group, GE Capital RealEstate and KBC unveiled their construction project for a logistics park in the Plassendale 1 zone situated in theinner port of Ostend.• InfrastructureOn 1 October 2002, construction work began on a new railway bridge aimed at opening up the Plassendale 1 site.At the same time, a new bank defence was built near the Seminck Gas site. At the end of the year, major workwas carried out at the De Bolle junction with a view to easing the flow of traffic to the port. Generally, the port ofOstend has great expectations of the improvements made in respect of its maritime accessibility. In particular, thisimprovement includes new developments to the outer port which will initially enable annual maritime traffic toreach the ten million tonne mark.It is also noticeable that production associated with the port, and notably subcontracting, is increasing sharply, inline with that of maritime traffic.4849Source: Website port of Ostend (http://www.portofoostende.be) and Vlaamse Havencommissie Annual Report 2002.This last figure must be compared with those figures obtained from other ports: on average + 12.5 p.c. growth over thesame period, i.e. an increase of 22.7 million tonnes, due largely to Antwerp. Source of this information: The Lloyd of26 February 2004: article entitled « Ostend has increased its market share in 2003 », H. Van Der Zee.44 NBB WORKING PAPER No.56 - JUNE 2004
4.3.2 Value addedTABLE 25 SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES IN VALUE ADDED AT OSTEND 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 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.7 3.3 4.0 1.2 - 24.1 - 3.9Cargo handlers ........... 0.6 0.7 5.2 5.4 4.2 4.9 5.4 6.3 1.9 920.0 39.3Shipping companies ... 17.4 8.6 - 10.5 4.9 0.5 0.0 - 2.6 - 4.4 - 1.3 - 125.1 - 182.1Other services............. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 - -Fishing......................... 27.4 30.9 30.6 33.8 27.2 21.9 30.3 17.5 5.4 - 36.2 - 6.2Shipbuilding andrepair........................... 3.2 2.9 2.8 3.4 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.0 1.2 24.5 3.2Other industries........... 12.2 10.9 32.5 26.1 33.7 19.9 23.1 22.8 7.0 86.7 9.3Public sector ............... 14.0 11.4 11.4 9.0 10.1 8.7 7.8 7.8 2.4 - 44.7 - 8.1Total maritime ........... 80.2 70.4 76.4 86.9 85.2 64.6 71.9 58.3 18.0 - 27.3 - 4.5Non-maritime clusterTotal wholesale trade.. 18.5 17.4 18.7 21.7 24.8 26.2 24.0 21.7 6.7 17.1 2.3Energy......................... 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.2 - -Oil industry .................. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -Chemicals ................... 25.1 34.9 32.8 27.7 29.8 23.3 24.7 35.7 11.0 42.3 5.2Car manufacturing ...... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -Electronics .................. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -Metal-working industry 19.9 38.7 46.8 54.4 84.9 88.3 130.9 118.5 36.6 497.0 29.1Food industry .............. 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 3.3 0.6 6.1 6.7 2.1 874.6 38.4Other industries........... 13.5 13.9 12.7 12.1 8.1 8.6 9.4 6.9 2.1 - 48.9 - 9.1Total industry .............. 59.1 88.1 92.8 96.0 126.9 121.8 172.0 168.5 52.0 185.2 16.2Other services............. 17.7 11.6 5.7 9.0 8.8 11.4 13.5 21.4 6.6 21.2 2.8Other industries........... 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.6 4.5 4.6 5.5 6.1 1.9 - -Public sector ............... 13.9 15.0 19.3 19.4 20.7 23.4 24.9 25.7 7.9 84.9 9.2Total logistics services 31.6 26.6 25.0 31.1 34.0 39.4 43.9 53.2 16.4 68.6 7.7Road transport ............ 10.3 10.0 10.9 11.9 11.7 12.3 16.9 18.5 5.7 79.2 8.7Other services............. 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.8 0.8 1.2 3.4 3.8 1.2 158.2 14.5Total transport............. 11.8 11.6 12.4 13.8 12.5 13.5 20.3 22.3 6.9 89.2 9.5Total non-maritime ... 120.9 143.7 148.9 162.6 198.3 200.9 260.2 265.7 82.0 119.7 11.9Direct effects ............. 201.2 214.1 225.3 249.5 283.4 265.5 332.0 324.0 100.0 61.1 7.0Allocation (p.m.).......... 13.2 12.8 8.0 13.5 11.6 9.6 12.9 10.2 - - 22.7 - 3.6Source: NBB.NBB WORKING PAPER No. 56 - JUNE 2004 45
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