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Dubai Maritime City is a multipurpose maritime

Ocean

An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...

zone. It is a member of the Dubai World group of companies. Maritime city is expected to be fully operational by 2012. Infrastructure for the Industrial Precinct of the project is set to be 85% complete in 2009 while groundwork for the Commercial Precinct is at 65%, and road work is in the final stages.

Introduction

The 2.27 million 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. The Maritime Centre District is the centrepiece of Dubai Maritime City and will serve as an international hub for maritime business. Created as an urban corporate park, the District comprises eight waterfront

Shore

A shore or shoreline is the fringe of land at the edge of a large body of water, such as an ocean, sea, or lake. In Physical Oceanography a shore is the wider fringe that is geologically modified by the action of the body of water past and present, while the beach is at the edge of the shore,...

and three interior parcels organized around a central boulevard

Boulevard

A Boulevard is type of road, usually a wide, multi-lane arterial thoroughfare, divided with a median down the centre, and roadways along each side designed as slow travel and parking lanes and for bicycle and pedestrian usage, often with an above-average quality of landscaping and scenery...

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The Maritime Centre comprises a cluster of five high-rise towers called the Creek Towers and Plaza, Landmark Tower located at the head of the man-made peninsula

Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....

, and seven plots reserved for potential developers planning to construct their own towers. The Centre will also feature a 5-star business hotel

Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms...

and premium service apartments.

The industrial precinct

This sector is a hub for ship

Ship

Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...

repair facilities, yacht repair and manufacturing, as well as workshop units.The precinct will be overseen by the management of Jadaf Dubai. A 1,270-meter stretch of wet berthing has been made available in this precinct, alongside 42 dry berths of various sizes.The large number of berthing spaces available here alleviates a space crunch for boats in Dubai. More than 100 workshops and warehouses complete the industrial precinct, offering a comprehensive range of facilities to businesses.

Academic Quarter

The Academic Quarter is located in the middle of Dubai Maritime City.The institution here, offers a syllabus encompassing marine engineering, marine transportation and naval science, among others.The academy will provide the opportunity for companies to constantly renew the knowledge of their staff without the need to leave the city.in addition to this the construction of a mosque, a world-class business hotel and seafarers club is also included.

The Maritime Center

This is the core of Dubai Maritime City. It is made up of eight waterfront and three interior parcels, which will serve as an international hub for maritime businesses.

Harbor Offices

The gateway to Dubai Maritime City contains 19 development plots offered for office tower development.This zone overlooks the harbor and is the nearest precinct to the causeway linking the project to the rest of Dubai.

The Marina District and Harbor Residences

The district includes a group of mixed-use activity areas which cater to yacht owners and also houses restaurants, retail outlets and entertainment facilities.

Location

Dubai Maritime City lies in a northerly direction near the creek area business district, between Port Rashid and Dubai Dry Docks.Dubai Maritime city is located at a strategic position located just 1 km from jumeirah beach road,1.5 km from Bur Dubai

Bur Dubai

Bur Dubai is a historic district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, located on the western side of the Dubai Creek. The name literally translates to Mainland Dubai, a reference to the traditional separation of the Bur Dubai area from Deira by the Dubai Creek...

,2.5 km from Shindaga tunnel in Deira

Deira

Deira was a kingdom in Northern England during the 6th century AD. Itextended from the Humber to the Tees, and from the sea to the western edge of the Vale of York...

,10 km from Dubai International Airport

Dubai International Airport

Dubai International Airport is an international airport serving Dubai, the largest city of the United Arab Emirates. It is a major aviation hub in the Middle East, and is the main airport of Dubai. It is situated in the Al Garhoud district, southeast of Dubai...

and 3 km from Sheikh Zayed Road

Sheikh Zayed Road

E 11 is a highway in the United Arab Emirates. The longest road in the UAE, E 11 streches from Al Silah in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and ends in Ras Al Khaimah emirate at the Oman border, running roughly parallel to UAE's coastline along the Persian Gulf...

.The site is connected by a causeway to the wider road

Road

A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any...

network, providing access to all of Dubai’s principle expressways including Sheikh Zayed Road

Sheikh Zayed Road

Purpose

When completed, Dubai Maritime City will be a mixed use development for the maritime industry, comprising industrial

Industry

Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,...

, commercial

Commercial property

The term commercial property refers to buildings or land intended to generate a profit, either from capital gain or rental income.-Definition:...

, residential and leisure facilities housed on a man-made peninsula

Peninsula

by reclamation of land between Port Rashid and Dubai Dry Docks.As a peninsula development.Upon completion, it will feature the country’s first National Maritime Museum and the region’s premier ship repair and maintenance facilities.The Dubai Maritime City Campus incorporates education, training, and research in a state-of-the-art, first-of-its-kind maritime complex accommodating over 1300 students in-training to support maritime businesses and services.

Recent developments

As of March 2009, the first phase of Dubai Maritime city of constructing 1000 berth marina is completed and the final phase is expected to be completed in 2012.

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