The winners of the Dubai Maritime Advancement Award were exposed in an unique granting event held at Dubai Maritime Top 2018, a top-level gathering of specialists being staged throughout the UAE Maritime Week 2018. The award recipients consisting of national, local, and global companies were honored for their pioneering efforts to progress creativity and also advancement in the regional maritime sector. The attendees commended Dubai's introducing setting as an incubator for development as well as creativity across all industries, especially the maritime market, which is an important as well as vital resource of the international economy.

H.E. Sultan Ahmad Bin Sulayem, Chairman of Ports, Custom-mades as well as Free area Company and Chairman of DMCA, said: "We recognized the contributions of innovators and distinguished individuals to Dubai's steady rise on the global stage. Creativity and innovation play a key role in the local maritime communitys comprehensive growth, attractiveness, and competitiveness. Promoting them in the maritime industry is in response to the directives of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, who said, The UAE has adopted innovation as an institutional approach and a community culture. We are pleased that the Dubai Maritime Summit hosted the Dubai Maritime Innovation Award once again. The contributions and initiatives of this years winners have further driven the sectors growth, development, and prosperity, using innovation and creativity as tools to achieve their objectives. We thank them for helping us steer Dubai and the UAE towards becoming the leading maritime centers in the world.

H.E Bin Sulayem added: "We proud of this year's edition of the honors, especially in the move to acknowledge the initiatives and excellent management of H.E. Dr. Eng. Abdullah Balheif Al Nuaimi, who has largely contributed to the continuing development of the UAE maritime sector. We are additionally happy for the crucial duty he played in the UAE's winning of Group B Subscription in the International Maritime Organization Council-- a firstof-its-kind accomplishment in the Arab globe."

The event consisted of the circulation of awards of appreciation for companies that included Bahri from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Clarksons Platou DMCC from the United Kingdom, Gulf Energy Maritime GEM from the UAE, LUKOIL Marine Lubricants (DMCC) from Russia, and Maersk from Denmark.

Amer Ali, Exec Supervisor, DMCA, said: We value the efforts directed towards promoting the sectors growth, development, and prosperity using innovation and creativity, which is aligned with our relentless efforts to achieve the objectives of Dubai Innovation Strategy to make the emirate among the most innovative cities in the world.

He added: "The Dubai Maritime Development Honor shows Dubai as well as its trip towards becoming an international facility for quality as well as maritime development. We thank all the winners for their dedication to foster advancement, advertise r & d, and also enhance the local maritime neighborhood's competition, comprehensiveness as well as appearance."

The recurring Dubai Maritime Top 2018 will run up until November 1, 2018. International Choice and also plan makers, government officials, experts, and maritime leaders have gathered for the summit to go over the most recent industry growths and explore one of the most encouraging solutions as well as opportunities across Dubai's maritime field. Besides the top, various other continuous occasions are the Maritime Future Leaders Workshop; the Emirates Maritime Adjudication Seminar; the Sea Trade Center East Maritime Event, the largest marine exhibition in the Middle East; the Maritime Advancement Day organized by the DMCA together with Det Norske Veritas GL (DNV GL); and also the Overseas Conference organized by Clarksons Platou.