investment based on annual account figures. In 2019, Belgian ports generated € 32.2 billion in direct and indirect value added (6 … a high investment volume in 2018 thanks to a merger among shipping companies direct investment by all Belgian ports …

investment. Each of these ports play a major role in their respective regional economies and in the Belgian economy, not only in … other branches generated supplementary jobs. The pattern of investment is closely linked to projects and therefore highly … mainly explained by investment at the port of Antwerp in the context of a merger operation in the shipping companies branch …

investment by all Belgian ports taken together rose by 5.1% to € 5.1 billion, thanks to higher sums invested in the chemicals … industry and the cargo-handling sector. Analysing the investment degree levels by branch of activity, results indicate that … relatively high degree of investment is also notified for the energy sector and the industrial branches, whose operational …