Dubai Maritime City announces completion of over 200 units within its industrial precinct

The announcement included news on the completion of over 200 units within its Industrial Precinct, as well as the completion of the first kVA substation within the City.

"There has been strong and rapid progress within Dubai Maritime City over the last few months," stated Amer Ali, the CEO of Dubai Maritime City.

"With every milestone, we get closer to seeing the completion of construction work within the Industrial Precinct, which in turn brings Dubai Maritime City closer to being a major player in the global maritime industry."

According to Amer Ali, a total of 217 units within the Industrial Precinct have been structurally completed, which include 140 workshops, 60 warehouses, 12 showrooms and 5 yacht manufacturing facilities. The units are spread across the entire Precinct and come in various sizes.

They have been handed over to Drydocks World - Dubai, who will start leasing them to the industry, as the latter is responsible for running and operating the Industrial Precinct based on an agreement signed by both parties in 2008.

In addition, the hand-over also saw Dubai Maritime City delivering a number of additional components, which included the central administration building, ship lift control building and mobile boat hoist. The 3,000 tonne ship lift is expected to be fully operational in June of this year, while the 6,000 tonne one is expected to run in August of the same year.

On his part, Hamed bin Lahej, Executive Vice Chairman of Drydocks World, stressed on the importance of this milestone by saying:

"With the handover of these units, we reach a new page in the history of Dubai Maritime City, as we will now see maritime companies of all sorts based here, in accordance with a programme that we will be announcing shortly. There is a substantial need for new, state-of-the-art facilities for the maritime industry, which the vision of Dubai Maritime City answered. We are now fulfilling that vision with the launch of these different facilities."

"We are nearing the completion of the infrastructure works for the Industrial Precinct, which has now reached 85%," added Ali. "With a few finishing touches left to apply, we will start handing over dry berths to Dyrdocks World - Dubai within the next few months."

Meanwhile, Ali also spoke about the infrastructure works across the project, and stated: "One of the key achievements in the work is the completion and of the first DEWA substation with a capacity of 132 kVA, which will meet the growing demand for energy by the project. This demonstrates our commitment to ensuring that all the energy needs of those based in the Industrial Precinct are met, as well as with the many developers mobilising onto their sites."

Ali then went on to highlight the status of work within the Commercial Precinct, explaining that Dubai Maritime City is still committed to complete the infrastructure works within the precinct prior to the completion of the first building and said:

"This is a commitment we continue to plan meeting to ensure availability of all services for all developers. The infrastructure development includes construction of roads, activation of public lightening systems, and work on district cooling, sewage, drainage, irrigation, telecommunications and pedestrian facilities within the Commercial Precinct, all of which are integral elements to the future of the project, which are now at their final stages."

The 2.27m square metre Dubai Maritime City is divided into the Maritime Centre, the Industrial Precinct, The Academic Quarter, the Marina District, the Harbour Residence and the Harbour Offices.