Transport

With major expansions across land, sea and air connections currently under way, Dubai’s transport sector continues to drive much of the emirate’s economic and international success. The government is fully committed to the continuous improvement of this infrastructure, with new rules for public-private partnerships (PPPs) aiming to enhance...

According to the most recent official data, the UAE’s maritime industry was worth upwards of $61bn as of the end of 2014. As home to the Port of Jebel Ali, the busiest port in the Middle East, Dubai generates a considerable percentage of this value. While container shipping and other industrial maritime segments have traditionally driven...

As 2015 drew to a close, one of the most eagerly anticipated pieces of legislation due in Dubai was new legislation governing public-private partnerships (PPPs). The new law, No. 22 of 2015, was published in September and introduced on November 19, 2015. Thus tendering rounds opened in 2016 offered the first opportunities for companies to...

Spurred on by the ambition of the Dubai Maritime Sector Strategy (MSS) to make the emirate a fully developed, multi-layered focal point for the global industry, a thoroughgoing re-examination of Dubai’s whole maritime infrastructure is under way. This includes not just developments in terms of “hardware” – the ports, yards and cranes visible...

While Dubai possesses some of the most state-of-the-art hardware in its transport sector, integrating these devices into a single, smart structure has a been a long-term occupation of sector planners. Encouraging innovation in the software element of transport has been a priority for the government for many years, with the Dubai Smart City...