Economic importance of the Belgian maritime and inland ports – Report 2018

This Working Paper provides an extensive overview of the economic importance and development of the Flemish maritime ports, the Liège port complex and the port of Brussels for the period 2013 - 2018 in terms of value added, employment and investment. Each of these ports play a major role in their respective regional economies and in the Belgian economy, not only in terms of industrial activity but also as intermodal centers facilitating the commodity flow. In 2018, Belgian ports generated € 32.1 billion in direct and indirect value added (i.e. 7% of Belgian GDP) and employed 249 612 people as... Mehr ...