. This is in line with a hysteresis effect in which second-nature geography drives the ongoing strength of a historic city …

Flemish maritime ports (Antwerp, Ghent, Ostend, Zeebrugge), the Autonomous Port of Liège and the port of Brussels play a major … importance and development of the Flemish maritime ports, the Liège port complex and the port of Brussels for the period 2010 … economic activity in the six ports in 2014-2015 are summarized in the table on the next page. In 2015 the growth of maritime …

The main purpose of this Working Paper is providing an overview of the economic importance of the Flemish maritime … port of Antwerp, shipping companies faced higher value added. All Belgian ports enjoyed a rise in direct value added. After … a high investment volume in 2018 thanks to a merger among shipping companies direct investment by all Belgian ports …

This Working Paper provides an extensive overview of the economic importance and development of the Flemish maritime … noticeable in the non-maritime branches of the ports of Antwerp and Liège. Direct employment at the Belgian ports increased by 1 … maritime cluster. All Flemish ports generated additional jobs. Aside from extra employment creation in cargo handling, also …

especially visible in the non-maritime cluster because the maritime activities were considered as essential and allowed to … Belgian economy. The drop was particularly visible in the non-maritime cluster more precisely in those branches hit by the … shipping companies and port authorities invested relatively more given the competitive businesses in which they operate. A …

This paper provides an extensive overview of the economic importance and development of the Flemish maritime ports … Use Tables from the National Accounts Institute have been resorted to. The developments in the maritime ports sector are … specialization of the vessels inevitably impact on the operation of the ports. Production, trade and transport are not longer …