DMCA continues awareness campaign to promote operational safety in floating restaurants
In line with its efforts to promote the highest levels of maritime security and environmental duty, the Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) is continuing its inspection campaign aimed at making sure that floating restaurants running in Dubai conform with the greatest standards and worldwide finest practices. The measure enhances continuous efforts to motivate drifting restaurants to register all their maritime operations under the framework of the 'Cruise Logbook,' a standardized record book that helps owners unify vessel operation documents. This procedure boosts the management and technical proficiencies of maritime operators while offering sophisticated and top quality services that increase maritime safety and security standards.
Abdullah Bintouq, Senior Maritime Inspection Director, DMCA, mentioned that floating restaurants are a key sector of the financial investment landscape of Dubai's tourism and maritime industry. Bintouq stressed the outright responsibility to provide the needed means for making sure the highest levels of safety and functional efficiency of floating restaurants considering how the marine tourist sector is currently witnessing constant development with the increasing influx of visitors and tourists to Dubai. He noted that current actions related to the organization of work related to floating restaurants will contribute significantly to the enhanced investment appeal of the segment which provides numerous appealing opportunities.
Abdullah Bintouq added: "We have actually established a clear framework for making sure safe and protected maritime operations in the emirate of Dubai through our constant project which keeps an eye on the adherence of drifting restaurants to the stringent standards of the Maritime Sector Strategy (MSS) targeted at developing a lively and secure maritime market."
Bintouq called on all stakeholders to be aware of the need to comply with the Cruise Logbook and accurately log all the necessary information, emphasizing the desire of the maritime authority to scrutinize record contents through a dedicated team to ensure the credibility of the information which he explained provides a frame of reference for enforcing the highest levels of safety, quality and excellence in regulatory, administrative, technical and operational processes.
DMCA regularly introduces educational campaigns to raise awareness on ways to ensure the safety of operations of floating restaurants in Dubai. These campaigns will disseminate training procedures for emergency situations and the evacuation of vessels, emergency response and enhanced crew and vessel readiness, the proper use of life jackets and rafts and emergency exits, and defining of escape routes for emergency evacuations. They will also focus on effective internal and external communications and policies to prevent and combat fires as well as procedures for addressing marine pollution caused by oil derivatives and other related maritime safety issues.
