Working Paper Etude Port Autonome de Liège 2002

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n° 64 Novembre 2004
Importance économique du
Port Autonome de Liège : rapport 2002
Frédéric Lagneaux NATIONAL BANK OF BELGIUM

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IMPORTANCE ÉCONOMIQUE DU PORT AUTONOME DE LIÈGE: RAPPORT 2002
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(*)
Frédéric Lagneaux






The views expressed in this paper are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views
of the National Bank of Belgium.


The author would like to thank the authorities of the Port of Liège and the colleagues of the
Microeconomic Information department for their precious comments and advice. Special thanks go
to Mr. Marc Van Kerckhoven for his personal commitment in searching for information and
processing data. The help and advice given unstintingly by the Liège branch, the Study and the
General Statistics departments, i.e. Messrs Alain Beele, Jean-Yves Boulanger, Luc Dresse and
Ghislain Poullet, were also greatly appreciated.


(*) NBB, Microeconomic Information Department (e-mail: [e-mail]).
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2 NBB WORKING PAPER No. 64 - NOVEMBER 2004 Abstract

This paper provides an extensive overview of the economic importance and development of the
Port Autonome de Liège, over the period 1997 - 2002. Focusing on the three major variables of
value added, salaried employment and investment, it also provides information about the financial
situation of some vital segments in this inland port. In addition, it includes figures with respect to the
ongoing growth of several cargo traffic segments and attempts to establish a link between these
and the progress of the production in the industries at stake.

The breakthrough of this research - compared to its first edition issued last year - consists of
evaluating the indirect effects of the sectors in question in terms of value added and employment. A
few refinements have also been made, such as the routine geographical and functional selection of
companies according to the cluster they belong to (NACE-Bel code approach), the limitation of
administrative work incurred, the review of the company-size analysis, etc. Annual reports data from
the Central Balance Sheet have been computed for the calculation of direct effects, the study of
financial ratios and the analysis of the social balance sheet. For the estimation of indirect effects,
Supply and Use Tables from the National Accounts Institute have been resorted to.

The developments in inland ports are numerous nowadays, as a parallel to the ever congesting
road networks and the growing maritime traffic (e.g. increase in containerized shipments). The Port
Autonome de Liège is the second largest inland port in Europe and therefore plays an important
role in the development of inland waterways and of their traffic. Moreover, as it is the case for the
maritime ports, the increase in scale and specialization of the vessels inevitably impacts the
operation of this port.

Production, trade and transport are no longer considered as individual, isolated activities, but are
integrated within a single system. Therefore, ports have to evolve from mere centres of transport
(discharging and loading of vessels) to logistic centres. The Port Autonome de Liège is a very good
example of this evolution as it offers high-quality connections with the railways, motorways and the
Liège airport. Intermodality is a great asset for the Port Autonome de Liège and is the spearhead of
its future.



Key words: branch survey, maritime cluster, subcontracting, indirect effects, transport
intermodality, public investments.

JEL classification: C67, H57, J21, L22, L91, L92, R15, R34 and R41.

NBB WORKING PAPER No. 64 - NOVEMBER 2004
SOMMAIRE:

Introduction et objectifs du rapport......................................................................1
1 Contexte........................................................................................................................4
1.1 Les ports intérieurs en Europe...............................4
1.2 Évolution du trafic au Port Autonome de Liège...................................................................6
1.3 Les enjeux pour Liège et la Région wallonne......................................6
1.3.1 Le paysage industriel liégeois .......................................................................................6
1.3.2 Les ports du bassin liégeois..........................................................8
1.3.3 Le Port Autonome de Liège en tant que centre logistique .......................................................................9
2 Aperçu de la méthodologie ....................................................11
2.1 Sélection et échantillonnage............................... 11
2.2 Calcul des effets directs ....................................................................................................... 12
2.3 Estimation des effets indirects............................................................ 12
2.4 L'application de la méthodologie dans le cas du Port Autonome de Liège................. 13
2.4.1 Sélection des entreprises ........................................................................................... 13
2.4.2 Secteurs liégeois.......................................................................... 13
2.4.3 Limites et solutions...... 14
3 Analyse ........................................................................................................................15
3.1 Faits marquants en 2002.............................................................. 15
3.1.1 Contexte 15
3.1.2 Industrie......................... 16
3.1.3 Infrastructure................................................................................................................................................. 16
3.2 Valeur ajoutée.................. 18
3.2.1 Évolution générale....... 19
3.2.2 Évolution des effets directs par cluster et secteur.................................................................................. 19
3.2.3 Évolution des effets directs par secteur en 2002.................... 20
3.2.4 « Top 10 » de la VA dans le complexe portuaire liégeois pour 2002.................. 21
3.3 Emploi salarié ................................................................................................................................ 22
3.3.1 Évolution générale....... 23
3.3.2 É.................. 23
3.3.3 Évolution des effets directs par secteur en 2002.................................................................................... 23
3.3.4 « Top 10 » de l'emploi dans le complexe portuaire liégeois pour 2002.............. 25
3.4 Investissement................................................................................ 26
3.4.1 Évolution générale....................................................................... 26
3.4.2 Évolution par cluster et secteur................. 27
3.4.3 Évolution par secteur en 2002 ................................................................................................................... 27
3.4.4 « Top 10 » de l'investissement dans le complexe portuaire liégeois pour 2002............................... 28
3.5 Bilan social....................................................... 29
3.5.1 Types de contrat et ressources humaines ..................................................