Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council, UAE Maritime Week presents a world-class platform to promote the exchange of knowledge, expertise, and the industry best practices, while enhancing the local maritime sector’s attractiveness, efficiency, and competitiveness, especially after Dubai was named one of the best maritime capitals in the world in 2019.

Hosted by the Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the next edition of UAE Maritime Week will be co-located with Expo 2020 Dubai, from 6 to 10 December 2020.

Expo 2020 will be the world’s greatest show of human brilliance and achievement, with a focus on ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’ with subthemes of Mobility, Opportunity and Sustainability. Both DMCA and Expo 2020 Dubai have affirmed their commitment to utilise the potential available to advance the march of building a safe, renewable and sustainable maritime sector in line with the economic diversification plans of Dubai and the rest of the UAE.

UAE Maritime Week 2020 will feature a series of world-class events such as Seatrade Maritime Middle East, Seatrade Maritime Awards Middle East, Indian Subcontinent & Africa, Seatrade Shiptech Middle East, and TOC Middle East.