Dubai’s dhow trade sees robust 12% growth, The Marine Agency for Wooden Dhows, established in July 2020 by Dubai’s harbors, Customs and Free Zone Corporation( PCFC), eased the entry of further than, 500 rustic dhows during 2022, reflecting a 12 time- on- time growth, blazoned Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, Chairman of the PCFC.
Bin Sulayem noted that the rustic dhows ferried1.7 million metric tones of wares from countries across the MENA region and beyond. The Marine Agency is working to enhance trade with neighboring countries further and contribute to the objects of the Dubai Economic Agenda D33, he said.
The D33 program was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in early January 2023, setting an ambitious target of doubling the size of Dubai’s frugality over the coming decade and consolidating its position among top three global megalopolises.
Bin Sulayem credited the PCFC’s sweats and the Marine Agency’s enterprise for hastily entry and exit procedures for rustic vessels in Dubai, performing in increased trade volume. He said that these vessels used to take 40 days to load weight but now take just 3- 5 days. This effectiveness has boosted the number of dhow movements from, 000 in 2021 to over, 500 in 2022, consolidating Dubai’s position on the global dhow trade chart.
The Marine Agency for Wooden Dhows is simply responsible for regulating the exertion of rustic dhows in Dubai waters. Bin Sulayem added that Dubai’s three levee periods – Dubai Creek, Deira Harbour and Al Hamriyah Port – play a vital part in making the emirate a indigenous mecca for dhows.
The Agency coordinates with other government realities to manage all aspects of maritime safety of rustic vessels and guard the rights and interests of mariners working on them. It provides several marketable options for the vessels, similar as easing long- term contracts for their services and guarding their wares from damage during lading and disburdening operations at Dubai harbors.
Mahmood Amin Khoury Executive Director of the Marine Agency, stressed the sweats of the Marine Agency to streamline entry procedures and meliorate installations for merchandisers and their dhows. He said that the Agency aims to expedite rustic dhow operations to enable them to take over multiple passages per month rather of one. The Agency managed to slash waiting times for departures from 8- 10 hours to just 30 beats for sailing outside the emirate, boosting the number of passages, he said.
Khoury added merchandisers now have easy access to handle goods on and off vessels with all necessary installations handed for smooth operations 72 hours before appearance. The Marine Agency reserves the levee and informs mariners to prepare for import/ import.
Khoury mooted the PCFC and the Marine Agency for Wooden Dhows ’ sweats to keep up with Dubai’s growth and enhance its position as a high mecca for rustic dhow trade. The Agency helped develop the business of rustic dhow possessors and merchandisers by reducing concurrence time, furnishing a unified reality to deal with, offering multiple marketable results, icing the security of goods and guarding them during unloading and lading at Dubai harbors.
