
Dubai launches 'World Logistics Passport' to help boost trade
New passport will help facilitate commercial transactions and connect government entities with logistics service providers.
Dubai hopes to boost trade and enhance its transportation sector with a ‘passport’ that will offer businesses and shipping firms ‘a unique set of advantages’ and Help connect government entities ith service providers, Dubai Customs has announced.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, said that the implementation of the Dubai Silk Road strategy will help boost Dubai’s role as a global economic and business hub.
“Through this strategy, we will offer many privileges and services that will help connect international markets by mobilising Dubai’s resources and infrastructure,” he said. “The investments we made in Dubai’s ports, airports and free zones made the city a global logistics hub and a bridge between the east and west.”
“The Dubai Silk Road strategy responds to the changes in international trade by offering new state-of-the-art logistics services using the latest smart applications,” he added.
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, president of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and chairman of Emirates Group, said that the move will help businesses by saving time and effort and reducing operational costs.
“This is a powerful tool that will eventually lead to increased revenues,” he added. “We are keen to offer investors and businesses new advantages in conducting global trade.”
“This is a powerful tool that will eventually lead to increased revenues,” he added. “We are keen to offer investors and businesses new advantages in conducting global trade.”
New smart training rooms at the Customs Training Centre, specifically developed to raise training standards and offer an attractive positive environment for both trainees and trainers, were inaugurated by the director general of Dubai Customs, Ahmed Mahboob Musabih,This year, the Customs Training Centre of Dubai Customs carried out 203 training courses with a total of 2,611 training hours in which 2,473 employees were enrolled. Customs staff completed around 1,546 training hours across 123 new specialised programmes.
The World Logistics Passport offers a set of unique operational and financial advantages for businesses and shipping companies by connecting government entities, including Dubai Customs and Dubai Trade, with logistics service providers like DP World and Dnata, and facilitating commercial transactions among concerned bodies in Dubai.
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