Dubai aims to be worlds largest ship repair centre

It is anticipated that by 2006 Dubai will have the world’s largest ship repair capacity with Dubai Maritime City adding to facilities already provided by Dubai Dry Docks, according to Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman of Dubai Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation (PCFZ).

40% of the reclamation work for Dubai Maritime City, a 195-hectare manmade peninsula being designed as a multidimensional centre for the global maritime community, is now complete with the remainder scheduled for completion within the coming year.

Dubai Maritime City will be able to accommodate up to 5,000 companies in offices and workshops and will enable a range of clustered facilities which are currently scattered around Dubai and the region to be relocated in one area.