Transport
From The Report: Abu Dhabi 2019
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With major port, airport, road network and railway projects under way, Abu Dhabi’s transportation sector has become a major focus of investment in recent years. International investors and developers are playing a central role in infrastructure planning, construction and management, which is seen as a strategic priority driving the emirate’s economic growth and diversification initiatives. Home of the country’s capital, Abu Dhabi City, and comprising nearly 90% of its land area, 30% of its population and around 60% of the national GDP, Abu Dhabi remains an important player in the administration and development of both local and national transport systems. This chapter contains an interview with Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, CEO, Abu Dhabi Ports.

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Overview

Crossroads of the world: Numerous projects in the pipeline aim to solidify Abu Dhabi’s position as a major transit hub
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With major port, airport, road network and railway projects under way, Abu Dhabi’s transportation sector has become a major focus of investment in recent years. International investors and developers are playing a central role in infrastructure planning, construction and management, which is seen as a strategic priority driving the emirate’s economic growth and diversification initiatives. Home of the country’s capital, Abu Dhabi City, and comprising 86.7% of its land area, 30% of its population…

Interview

Enhanced connectivity: Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, CEO, Abu Dhabi Ports, on enhancing connectivity and establishing a global network
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Interview :Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi What advantages can Abu Dhabi’s seaports leverage as cargo destinations? MOHAMED JUMA AL SHAMISI: Over the past years we witnessed the growth of global shipping alliances, a trend that benefitted us as we have worked to develop close partnerships with shipping companies such as COSCO SHIPPING Ports (CSP). In December 2018 CSP inaugurated its Middle East hub at Khalifa Port, a deepwater semi-automated container terminal that includes a 275,000-sq-metre…

Analysis

Ongoing overhaul: Series of road upgrades to provide major nationwide arteries and ease congestion in the capital
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Abu Dhabi’s economic and demographic growth over the past decades has necessitated the development of a sophisticated surface transport network. Major road projects have continued to make progress in 2018, with an upgrade to crucial east-west arterial connections completed, and improvements to rural and urban roads ongoing. Government masterplans will see an overhaul of urban transportation networks over the coming decade, with metro and light rail transit (LRT) projects in the capital likely to…

Analysis

Ship to shore: Ports continue to play a key role in the emirate’s broader economic development goals
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Ports play a central role in the economic development of Abu Dhabi, contributing 3.6% of the emirate’s non-oil GDP in 2017, a value-added contribution of Dh19.6bn ($5.3bn). Closer ties with a number of international partners coupled with the growing needs of a diversifying domestic economy are driving the expansion of the emirate’s seaports, with a significant flow of investment in the pipeline geared towards boosting capacity. Abu Dhabi Ports The emirate’s commercial and community ports,…