1. Dubai Government Policies for Enhancing the Competitiveness of Multimodal Transportation and Logistics Cluster
June 2014

2. Enhancing Dubai’s competitiveness as a global transportation and logistics hub
Why Cluster assessment approach for Dubai’s Multimodal Transportation and Logistics?
Cluster assessment is a microeconomic approach, enables assessing cross-cutting issues vertically and horizontally within the industry and activities’ linkages.
There are two main sectors defined by Dubai Statistical Centre that cover the core and supporting activities of Dubai’s Multimodal Transportation and Logistics activities
Transport, storage and communication sector with 13.9 percent of GDP and
Wholesale, retail, trade and repairing services sector with 30.7 percent of GDP

3. Policy owner and stakeholder involvement
The Multimodal Transportation and Logistics Stakeholder Platform for Collaboration was launched by Department of Economic Development, the Government of Dubai in June 2011 and brings together :
Government Departments and Authorities
Core businesses, related and supporting industries
Industry associations, interest groups and educational institutions
International Standards Organizations (Dubai /UAE Chapters)
The Stakeholder Collaboration Platform holds:
Regular cluster stakeholders’ meetings
Focus group discussions
Technical committees with relevant government and private sector stakeholders
The main objective of the Cluster Platform is to enhance Dubai’s competitiveness as a multimodal transportation and logistics hub by:
Enhancing the seamless movements of goods and services between air, sea, road modes of transport, logistics services and Free Zones in Dubai
Enhancing the environment of companies’ growth strategies
Achieving coordinated and integrated approach to infrastructure, policy, regulatory and operational issues.

4. Snapshot of Collaborative Policy Development Steps1 2 3 4 5
Policy Development Agenda
Official Assignment
Policy Proposal
Policy Development
Policy Implementation
Department of Economic Development Transportation and logistics sector research and study conducted
Surveys, interviews conducted with private sector and government linked companies conducted
Global rankings and indexes on Transportation and Logistics analyzed. Benchmarking with competitors conducted
Focus group discussions with public and private stakeholders conducted
Cluster methodology is selected due to multimodal transportation and logistics Hub nature, and the multidimensional impact of challenges
Department of Economic Development’s Cluster Platform is Launched
Solutions to the challenges are defined vis a vis competitors by all stakeholders
Technical committees between relevant government authorities and private companies are established to study the challenges and solution
Stakeholder consultations on the scope of the issues and policies
Policies, Strategy and action plan is established by joint stakeholders for discussions and feedback
Project plan for each policy implementation, assignment of each stakeholder and implementation timeline developed
KPIs, monitoring and implementation mechanisms established
Joint Stakeholder strategy and policies have been approved by the Executive Council of Dubai Government, the Emirate of Dubai
Implementation and monitoring committees of the cluster platform regularly update the stakeholder collaboration platform on the progress made, challenges to be addressed

5. Strictly confidential
History of the Dubai Multimodal Transportation and Logistics Cluster: Key Developments and Institutions
Strictly confidential

6. Value Chain- Multimodal Transportation and Logistics Market Segments
Air transportation
Core segments of the cluster
Sea transportation
Road transportation
Upcoming rail
Geographic Scope
Multi-modal global trade hub
Regional sea & road
Asia-Europe sea & air
Supporting activities
Storage, ICT , wholesale, retail trade, repair/engineering services, specialized educational and training institutions are amongst the key supporting activities.
Related activities
The cluster also has a strong externality impact on the following sectors:
Tourism
Manufacturing
Finance
Construction 6

7. Mapping Dubai’s Multimodal Transportation and Logistics Cluster
Maintenance and engineering services
Core Sectors and activities of the Cluster
Related and Supporting Clusters
Shipbuilding, repair, engineering
Tourism
Shipping Lines
Airlines
Finance
Container
Aircraft
Manufacturing (Free Zones)
Land transport (and upcoming rail)
Handling agents
Rail
Construction
Industry specific education and training programs
Cluster Associations:
Emirates Freight Forwarders Assoc., Dubai Shipping Assoc, Green Aviation Logistics Group, Chartered Institute of Logistics and transportation ,
Dubai Supply Chain Logistics Group, National Association of Freight and Logistics
Logistics providers
Storage & Warehousing
UAE, Dubai customs, RTA, DMCA, DCAA, FZ Council, other gov. agencies
Port operations (container and cruise)
Airport operations (cargo and passenger)
Integrated road network, airports, ports, FZs, communication infrastructure, upcoming Rail

8. Cluster Segment Definition
Core segments (sectors) of the cluster are:
Road Transportation
Air Transportation
Maritime Transportation
Supporting activities
Storage, ICT , wholesale, retail and repairing services, industry specialized educational and training institutions all are supporting activities to the core activities.
Related activities
The cluster also has a strong externality impact and the intensive transaction with the following sectors:
Tourism
Manufacturing
Finance
Construction

9. The key processes in Dubai as Multimodal Transportation and Logistics hub
The infrastructure operators, locally dominant government owned firms who run physical port and airport facilities that are needed to provide with logistical services.
The logistical service providers, a larger and much more heterogeneous group of companies including foreign and private domestic entities, provide a multitude of services from warehousing to handling to integrating and other value added activities.
The Transport providers finally provide the logistical connections to other geographies. Emirates Airline is a dominant airline, yet there are large number of foreign airlines as well. There are no local shipping lines but the major international shipping lines operate in Dubai.