Transport
From The Report: Abu Dhabi 2017
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The transport sector in Abu Dhabi is gearing up for further progression, with a new strategy taking the emirate towards a smarter future for its airports, highways and harbours. Developments in the region are linking the emirate ever closer to its neighbours, with transport systems transforming the Gulf into a more integrated, multi-modal corridor, and Abu Dhabi into an increasingly vital hub in the global transport, warehousing and trans-shipment web.

This chapter contains interviews with Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Chairman, Federal Transport Authority; Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman, Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport; and Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, CEO, Abu Dhabi Ports.

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Overview

Network news: Internal and international connectivity are on the rise
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The transport sector in Abu Dhabi is gearing up for further progression, with a new strategy taking the emirate towards a smarter future for its airports, highways and harbours. Developments in the region are linking the emirate ever closer to its neighbours, with transport systems transforming the Gulf into a more integrated, multi-modal corridor, and Abu Dhabi into an increasingly vital hub in the global transport, warehousing and trans-shipment web. Plans & Agencies Abu Dhabi is…

Interview

Forward momentum: Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development; and Chairman, Federal Transport Authority, on improving connectivity and funding structures
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Interview: Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi What are the biggest priorities for infrastructure development and integration going forward? ABDULLAH BELHAIF AL NUAIMI: Over the last 10 years, the UAE government has worked to improve performance, implementing specific deadlines and milestones for each ministry and department. Part of this process has involved developing a forward-looking strategy, rather than looking into what we have today. In the context of the Federal Transport Authority, there are two…

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Streamlined movements: Awaidha Murshed Al Marar, Chairman, Department of Municipal Affairs and Transport (DMAT), on integrated public transport
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Interview: Awaidha Murshed Al Marar In what ways will the Department of Transport and the Department of Municipal Affairs merger create efficiencies going forward? AWAIDHA MURSHED AL MARAR: This merger has placed the new department in a better position to map out and implement policies aimed at achieving improved, integrated and sustained services in both municipal affairs and transport. It has now become a single entity capable of charting out and implementing development plans under an integrated…

Analysis

Urban integration: A rapidly growing population demands a transport system to match
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Abu Dhabi City is today undergoing a dramatic change and expansion, yet this is just the most recent stage of a process that has been under way for many years. Over the last few decades the UAE’s capital has been transformed from a small collection of government buildings, harbour facilities, houses, markets and mosques into a major city. The population in 2014 was 12 times larger than in 1975. Between 1970 and 2010 the emirate’s GDP increased by 196 times, with per capita GDP rising…

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A wave of change: Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, CEO, Abu Dhabi Ports, on growth plans for Khalifa Port and global maritime trade
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Interview: Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi How is Abu Dhabi handling the slowdown in global trade and container traffic? MOHAMED JUMA AL SHAMISI: This is a cyclical business and we are intertwined with the performance of shipping companies around the world, but for us as Abu Dhabi Ports, we have continued to see growth in 2016 across all commodities and sectors. We are expecting this upward trajectory to continue for two main reasons, which themselves are not cyclical. First, the economy of Abu Dhabi is…

Analysis

Taking wing: Aviation is a high priority for the emirate’s planners
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Securing a sustainable aviation sector is one of the principal aims of the Abu Dhabi Plan and the Abu Dhabi Economic Vision 2030 long-term development strategy. This inclusion in such a holistic, integrated plan demonstrates the leadership’s understanding that aviation can hold the key to growth in a series of other interconnected industries. An advanced air transport sector can help achieve expansion in important areas such as tourism by providing connections to more destinations, a greater…