A recent international survey conducted by Menon Business Economics Group, an organisation for benchmarking leading maritime capitals of the world, predicts that Dubai will rank among the Top 7 leading maritime centres in the world in the next five years.
Industry analysts and authorities agree that Dubai is on track to progress from being the leading maritime city in the Middle East to becoming the seventh in the world by 2020, ahead of cities such as London, New York, Tokyo, Copenhagen, and Rio de Janeiro.
Menon polled around 1 600 maritime professionals and experts from 33 countries of all five continents.
The world’s leading maritime cities were benchmarked based on the four main maritime indicators of finance, technology, ports and logistics, and shipping, in addition to an overall assessment of the cities’ competitiveness and attractiveness.
Dubai ranked 5th overall under the ports and logistics indicator, and was named one of the five largest port operators in the world by headquarters (4th).
Source: Dubai Maritime City Authority
Dubai in Top 7 leading maritime centres by 2020
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