The Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) has revealed that it will certainly participate in the 2018 edition of the Shipbuilding, Equipment and Marine Technology (SMM) Hamburg Exhibition in Germany alongside the Dubai Chamber in September. The largest technology and marine devices event will certainly be held from September 4 to 7, 2018, in Hamburg, a major port city in northern Germany. The world's top trade fair for the maritime industry will certainly offer DMCA with a global platform to showcase Dubai's management and standards of excellence as one of the world's most competitive maritime centers, which was recently mirrored by its entry right into the world's top five in the International Shipping Centre Development Index (ISCD) making it the initial Arab city to accomplish this setting in the maritime sector. In addition, DMCA will certainly promote the UAE as a first-class maritime location during its participation.

The exhibit is an important platform for DMCA to display one of the most ambitious initiatives that have contributed in establishing Dubai as a solid rival to leading maritime collections such as Singapore, Hamburg, Oslo, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Athens, London and others. Throughout the exhibit, DMCA will certainly highlight its major campaigns made to urge innovation and harness the power of innovations within the local maritime industry in order to help transform the emirate into a smart city, based upon Dubai Plan 2021. In addition, it will certainly showcase the advantages and features of its Innovation Quay, the Sea Dubai, the Maritime Dubai, and the Dubai Maritime Virtual Cluster (DMVC) initiatives.

The innovative DMVC, in particular, has a strong concentrate on innovation, advancement and training, offering a strong foundation for progressing the smart transformation and enhancing the competition and attractiveness of the maritime community's parts by offering an incorporated structure to enhance the regional and global maritime neighborhoods' participation in local maritime community tasks right away and properly. Furthermore, it enhances international maritime methods and facilitates gain access to for maritime industry leaders to world-class maritime services in Dubai, which then boosts the self-confidence of regional and international capitalists and activates maritime market's contribution to the growth and diversification of the nationwide economy.

H.E. Hisham Abdullah Al Shirawi, the Dubai Chamber's 2nd Vice Chairman, said: "Our existence in this vital forum definitely mirrors the global track record of Dubai as a global facility for maritime transportation and delivery, particularly with the emirate's strategic area that connects it to the international maritime paths and its experience obtained over the previous years. Our presence in this event is aimed at taking advantage of the knowledge and knowledge in this vital industry, with the participation of the elite of the global delivery industry, reviewing Dubai's competitive benefits, attracting even more international attention to Dubai and further establishing the Emirate as a base for growth and shipping to various nations of the world.

Al-Shirawi emphasized the Chamber's keenness to recognize arising trends and technologies in the field of maritime and delivery sectors in order to share this knowledge with the private sector in Dubai. He additionally emphasized the complete collaboration with DMCA to earn the most effective use of this exhibition and to boost Dubai's competitiveness and track record as the foremost business destination in Dubai, and to develop the emirate as a base for growth and shipping to other global destinations.

Amer Ali, Executive Director of DMCA, said: "The participation in SMM 2018 shows our continuous efforts to enhance Dubai's and the UAE's positions within the international maritime landscape. The relocation comes at a strategical time coupled with the prestigious accomplishment accomplished by the emirate by entering the classification of top five shipping centers on the planet, with continued assistance from the leadership and assistance of notable services, progressed infrastructure, global maritime and logistics abilities, innovative cost-free areas, affordable atmosphere and trade Business and investment.

Ali included: "We are proud to have partnered with the Dubai Chamber as part of the nationwide delegation representing the UAE at the leading international exhibition in order to highlight the attributes of Dubai's drive to become the most competitive maritime facilities worldwide. We will certainly restore our dedication to consolidate the straight interactions to check out new investment perspectives, access to the most up to date maritime advancements and arising trends, as well as present innovative initiatives, which are the keystones for constructing a safe and secure, integrated and sustainable maritime sector that will drive the UAE's ambitious economic diversification process."

Dubai has recently been named as one of the top five in the International Shipping Centre Development Index (ISCD), to come to be the initial Arab city to attain this leading international recognition in the maritime market, inning accordance with a current report by Baltic Exchange, and Xinhua News Agency, a subsidiary of the China Economic Information Service (CEIS) based in London.