le cluster maritime franais

contribution of the maritime sector to the French economy

Sector of activity Merchant fleet Ports Shipbuilding and marine equipment suppliers Offshore service and supply Yachting industry Fishing and seafood products** Government Action at Sea Directly supported jobs 19,500 40,000 40,000 29,000 40,500 56,957 50,000 Output (billions of euros) 14*(a) 4.5 5 9.4* 4 6.9*(b) 4.3 In a nutshell More than 300 million tonnes of goods and 12 million passengers carried per year. 41% of total external trade (by volume). Positioning on high value-added vessels (cruise ships, stealth vessels). Oil and gas extraction in depths up to 2,000m. 9 million pleasure craft registered. 7,389 boats 664,740 tonnes of products sold. 275 people rescued 6558 vessels inspected at sea 7220 kg of narcotics seized From clusters to deep-ocean. CCreation of the Ecole Nationale Suprieure Maritime and several maritime MBAs Acknowledged experts in classification, certification, law, advice, administration, management The civil service working for the benefit of the sea and maritime industries. 51.0*

Research Institutes Organisations and training Other activities** Maritime administrations

(Department of Maritime Affairs, )

3,608 6,000 10,500 3,800 300,000

0.4 0.6 2

Total (approx.)
Base 2009 except (a) = 2010 and (b) = 2008

*total including cross-sector purchases - **including figures not covered by full-time equivalent jobs and the value of production of emerging activities (EMR, etc.).

Given the dispersion of the statistical data, these figures are estimates. However, this table is limited to jobs dependent almost exclusively on the sea. Thus activities centred on coastal tourism, which alone contributed 21 billion euros and 240,000 jobs in 2007, have been excluded from the cluster! Likewise port activities do not take account of indirect jobs, such as those in port industrial zones or those generated in shops and businesses, which alone account for 300,000 jobs. After a further check, the value of production in the maritime industries remains close to 2.5% of GDP, and the active maritime population (direct) is still slightly lower than 1.5% of the total active population of the country. The maritime sector is as important if not more important than traditional French sectors: The maritime cluster employs more people than the banks (203,900 jobs) or the car industry (including car parts suppliers, or a total of 207,000). The maritime industry alone (excluding all services) is bigger by value of production than the aeronautical industry (36 bn in 2009).

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