Ship&Offshore | Issue 06/2016
Transition to global maritime hub
DMCA | The Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) underlined Dubai’s pioneering experience in transitioning into a leading global maritime hub at SMM 2016. With Dubai Maritime Week 2016 rapidly approaching (October 30th to November 3rd), DMCA highlighted the emirate’s smart transformation initiatives, efforts to increase local maritime competitiveness, and Dubai as a maritime gateway to global trade. It specifically focused on its Maritime Sector Strategy (MSS), the driving force behind Dubai’s strategies to promote, develop and regulate the maritime sector to make the emirate one of the world’s best maritime capitals by 2020. Dubai’s maritime competitiveness was also a highlight of DMCA’s participation in SMM 2016, in addition to the emirate’s strategic location between East and West, advanced legal and legislative systems and infrastructure, investment-friendly environment, world-class facilities, maritime and logistics services, modern ports, and integrated maritime safety system.