Check out the five-minute statistics of Dubai blooming in the maritime industry! UAE is ranked world’s 9th most productive Super yacht manufacturer!

1. DUBAI VYING FOR PROMINENT
POSITION IN GLOBAL MARITIME INDUSTRY
DID YOU KNOW?
UAE IS
RANKED
WORLD’S 9TH
MOST
PRODUCTIVE
SUPER YACHT
MANUF
ACTURER DUBAI
WORLD’S
LARGEST
YACHT AZZAM
AND 35% OF
200 OTHER
LARGEST
YACHTS ARE
OWNED BY
THE
NATIONALS
OF MIDDLE
EAST
31% OF THE
TOP 100
SUPER
YACHTS ARE
OWNED BY
MIDDLE EAST
ARABS
HALF OF THE
SUPER-RICH
PEOPLE IN
MIDDLE EAST
ARE LIKELY
TO OWN A
SUPERYACHT.
THIS IS
HIGHER THAN
ANYWHERE
ELSE IN THE
WORLD
WORLD’S
THIRD-LARGEST
YACHT IS NAMED
AND IS OWNED
BY SHEIKH
MOHAMMED BIN
RASHID AL
MAKTOUM
DUBAI INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW AS ABOOST PAD
increase in leisure craft
sales due to DIBS
increase in visitors in
DIBS 2014
INTERNATIONAL APPEAL
DIBS 2014 attracted 26,813 visitors;
majorly from Australia, Turkey, Russia,
Italy and USA
participation growth
from USA
visitors consider DIBS as
must-attend event in
global marine calendar
2014
2010
2007
TOTAL NO.
OF BOATS
430
402
142
TOTAL
VISITORS
26,813
23,000
24,550
COUNTRIES
REPRESENTED
120
42
44
EXHIBITING
COMPANIES
750
702
722
NEW
EXHIBITORS
131
125
115
FOREIGN
EXHIBITORS
525
247
524
TO ACCOMMODATE GROWING YACHT DEMANDS
EXPANSION OF BERTH CAPACITY:
2500
0 BERTHS IN 1990 TO 2500 BERTHS IN 2010
EXPECTED INCREASE:
THE PALMS WILL BUILD 15 MARINAS IN
THE NEXT 10 YEARS TO ACCOMMODATE
51,000 BOATS OF ALL SIZES
THE PALM JUMEIRAH WILL ADD 600
MORE BERTHS
THE PALM JEBEL ALI WILL HAVE 3,500
THE WORLD WILL ADD 6000 BERTHS
THE PALM DEIRA TO ADD 400 BERTHS
CONTRIBUTION OF DUBAI’S MARITIME SECTOR
AS COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES
Singapore’s sector:
Contributes
95.1
67.8
41.1
14.4
222,000
167,000
101,000
75,000
Sources:
Norway:
Contributes
Dubai:
Contributes
Hong Kong:
Contributes
to local economy
Norway’s sector: Singapore: Hong Kong: Dubai:
Adds AED 95.1 billion
to local income
Adds AED
67.8 billion
Adds AED
41.1 billion
Adds AED
14.4 billion
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
AED
AED
AED
AED
AED
Hong Kong’s
sector:
Singapore: Norway: Dubai:
Created 222,000 job
opportunities from its
maritime sector
Created
167,000 job
opportunities
Created
101,000 job
opportunities
Created
75,000 job
opportunities
http://en.wikipedia.org/
http://www.boatshowdubai.com/
http://www.emirates247.com/
http://www.charterworld.com/
https://www.zawya.com
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/biz/inside.asp?xfile=/data/uaebusiness/2014/January/uaebusiness_January403.xml
http://www.ice.gov.it/paesi/asia/emirati/upload/159/Nautica,%202012.pdf
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20140219196230
http://im.gifbt.com/ae/dubai-boat-show/dubai-boat-show-5479-history.pdf
Job
Job
Job
Job
Job
20% 30%
35% 83%
0
1990 2010
0%
7% 4.8% 4.6% 4.5%
0
0