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Port Development MENA Conference to be Held for the First Time in Dubai

The Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) will certainly shed light on its detailed efforts promoting maritime safety, secure navigation, and functional effectiveness of Dubai's maritime field at this year's Port Advancement MENA Seminar in Dubai. Created by worldwide seminar company IQPC, the occasion will happen from September 26 to 28, 2017, and see a participation of local, regional, and global port authorities and operators. During this global platform, DMCA will share its experiences in carrying out safety and security regulations in local maritime collection and enhancing Dubai's worldwide competition to make it among the very best maritime capitals on the world.

Amer Ali, Executive Director of DMCA, said: "The upcoming Port Development MENA Meeting is a unique addition to the essential maritime events being hosted by Dubai and will act as an excellent location to talk about exactly how all stakeholders can dramatically benefit from steadily boosting industry chances in the region, while finding remedies to pushing concerns and concerns. Much more significantly, the summit will be another excellent opportunity for us to take a better take a look at the global trends and analyze these in parallel with robust activities in the region's seaport terminals, along with the importance of MENA's constant development, transformation, and infrastructure development.

High-ranking DMCA representatives will join other senior level executives from numerous port authorities, incurable drivers, experts, major service providers, and solution service providers from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. During the three-day gathering, they will deal with MENA's most recent port jobs and growths, in addition to check into best-practice techniques for safeguarding, building, and operating state-of-the-art port infrastructure.

The conference will certainly be held at a time when Middle Eastern ports have been seeing massive development over the last couple of years. Consequently, the port operators are dealing with substantial competition. Ports are broadening framework, upgrading incurable os, purchasing cyber security and smart services, offering various value-added solutions and continually looking past the apparent possibilities to boost port task.

"Dubai and the rest of the UAE play an essential duty in the regional field's growth through strong focus on optimization and innovation, both of which will be thoroughly gone over throughout the event. As the government authority accountable with controling, collaborating, and managing all aspects of Dubai's maritime market, DMCA will highlight this role during the conference by discussing our development in turning out crucial initiatives to transform the emirate into among the world's innovative maritime facilities; apply best international methods; create a safe and lasting residential maritime community; and increase the financial share of the local maritime industry. These vital undertakings in accordance with the regulations of our nation's smart leadership," Ali added.

The Port Development MENA Conference will additionally give delegates with an exclusive hands-on check out Jebel Ali, one of the world's biggest container ports being operated by DP World. The port scenic tour will certainly cover Container Terminal 1 and 2, and visitors will certainly get all their inquiries regarding the largest marine terminal in the Middle East answered.

Besides DMCA, other significant organizations that are participating in the event include Kuwait Port Authority, SOHAR Port, Port of Duqm, Aqaba Growth Firm, General Authority for Suez Canal Economic Area, and Hamburg Port Authority.

The initial day will concentrate on key projects' summary and going over winning strategies for port and terminal optimization, while the 2nd day will revolve around port automation, digitization, and protection.

Unlike a traditional trade-show or exposition, the three-day summit includes interactive panel conversations, keynote discussions, case-studies and open business meetings - all in a concentrated 5-star business-to-business environment.

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