WING TIP OF ATX SMT HIT A BAGGAGE CART TAXIING AWAY FROM THE RAMP.

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ON A RETURN CHARTER FLT FROM EYW (AN ARPT WITH VERY LIMITED RAMP AREA FOR EVER INCREASING COMMUTER OP). I WAS BLOCKED IN A PARKING AREA BY 2 ACFT; 1 FROM BEHIND -- ACFT #2; AND 1 IN THE FRONT -- ACFT #1. ACFT #1; WHICH WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAXIING OUT FOR TKOF; STOPPED THEIR MOVEMENT AND SHUT DOWN AN ENG WHICH CREATED THE RAMP BLOCKAGE AS ILLUSTRATED IN DIAGRAM #1. UPON APPROVAL FROM GND CTL; I STARTED A FORWARD MOVEMENT TO EXIT THE RAMP AREA IN THE ONLY POSSIBLE ROW; WHICH WAS TO PASS IN FRONT OF ACFT #2 AND BTWN IT AND THE TERMINAL WHERE THE BAGGAGE CART WAS PARKED BY THE GND PERSONNEL. THE LACK OF OR ABSENCE OF STOP SIGNAL FROM GND CREW CAUSED THE 'SUPPOSED' CONTACT WITH A BAGGAGE CART. I STOPPED AND EXITED THE ACFT AND CHKED THE WING TIP. I DID NOT OBSERVE ANY DAMAGE OTHER THAN A 2 INCH PAINT CHIP. THE FOLLOWING DAY ON A POST-FLT INSPECTION; I DISCOVERED A VERY FINE; ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DETECT; CRACK WHICH WAS APPARENTLY CAUSED BY THE BAGGAGE CART. AT THIS TIME I RPTED THIS AND WROTE IT UP IN ACFT LOGBOOK; BUT BY NOW REVENUE FLT HAD TAKEN PLACE AND AIR PRESSURE ON THE AREA PERHAPS HAD CAUSED AN EVEN MORE INTENSIVE DAMAGE.