Scotland's Marine Economic Statistics 2021
Statistics on the economic contributions of Scotland’s marine sectors in 2021. Includes a time series of Gross Value Added (GVA), turnover and employment for marine sectors. The supporting documents include: additional tables in an excel file and a pdf version of the publication
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Construction and water transport services
Construction and water transport services include:
- Construction of waterways, harbours, marinas, locks and river works.
- Construction of dams and dredging of waterways.
- Operation of harbours, piers and waterway locks.
- Navigation, pilotage, berthing, lighterage, salvage and lighthouse activities.
This excludes cargo handling and operation of marinas.
Marine construction and water transport services are key for connectivity and supporting growth for the marine economy. Scottish Annual Business Statistics provides the construction and water transport services data. See Data and Methodology for more information.
In 2021, marine construction and water transport services generated £278 million in GVA. This was 0.19% of the Scottish economy, and 6% of the marine economy. Marine construction and water transport services employed 4,800 people in 2021. This was 0.18% of Scottish employment, and 7% of marine economy employment.
Construction and water transport services GVA fell by 35% between 2020 and 2021. Employment increased by 12% between 2020 and 2021. In the longer term, construction and water transport services GVA decreased by 32% between 2012 and 2021 (Figure 8).
Figure 8. Construction and water transport services GVA increased to £671 million in 2017 before decreasing steadily to £278 million in 2021.
Construction and water transport services GVA by year, 2012 to 2021
A geographic breakdown of construction and water transport services are not available.
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