Dubai Maritime City Authority to organize Dubai Maritime Week

The region's first-of-its-kind event will be co-organised by Dubai World Trade Centre, one of the largest exhibition organisers in the Middle East and owner of Dubai International Boat Show, the region's largest and most prestigious boating event.

The "Dubai Maritime Week" will include seminars, exhibitions, panel discussions and conferences relating to the global maritime industry; and is expected to attract some of the world's most influential industry players. In addition, activities that allow Dubai's entire community to participate will also be a feature of the Week, including maritime themed photography exhibitions, boat racing and more.

"As we are still in the initial planning stages and are calling on all interested parties and businesses to contact us to participate in what will certainly be one of the worlds' most talked about events in the global maritime calendar," said Ali Al Daboos, Deputy CEO of Dubai Maritime City Authority.

"Dubai Maritime Week will undoubtedly attract some of the maritime world's top exhibitors and participants, who will consider this event to be the region's ideal market entry vehicle, and an effective platform to stay ahead in our highly competitive industry. The event will also enable participating maritime companies to reach out to an extremely broad category of sectors within the industry," Al Daboos added.

Dubai Maritime City Authority aims at capitalising on the strengths of Dubai as a regional and international hub for trade and commerce, by providing a strategic location for the full spectrum of maritime-related businesses, including maritime management, maritime services, maritime retail and recreation, maritime education and research, ship repair and maintenance, as well as yacht repair and maintenance through Dubai Maritime City.

"Through this initiative, we hope to showcase Dubai as the venue-of-choice for maritime events and business networking; facilitating intellectual and effective discussions on maritime-related issues to promote advancement within this vital Middle Eastern industry," concluded Al Daboos.

Further details on the event will be announced in the near future according to Dubai Maritime City Authority officials.