Dubai Maritime City (DMC), DP World’s purpose-built maritime hub, announced the launch of a major project worth AED140 million ($38.1 million) to develop its infrastructure.
The project is part of ongoing efforts to boost Dubai’s economy and enhance the efficiency of the logistics sector.
DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem said: “The principles of innovation, constant development, and excellence are key pillars of Dubai Maritime City, which features a diverse range of industrial and commercial facilities.”
The infrastructure project includes developing networks for deep sewage, stormwater, fire, irrigation, potable water, telecommunication, and roads.
Both the sewage and stormwater networks are each serviced by a lift station while the sewage lift station comprises of underground reinforced concrete wet well of 360m3 capacity with an above-ground control room.
The wet well is equipped with pumps with a capacity of 300 liters/second and the network consists of 6km sewerage pipelines, 150 manholes and house connection chambers. The stormwater lift station services an 8km drainage network with 70 manholes and 300 gully chambers.
The fire and irrigation networks are served by a combined pump station, consisting of an underground tank of 460 cu m for firefighting and 1240 cu m for irrigation.
They support a firefighting network of 38 hydrants and 5.5km of pipelines, the irrigation tank supports 39 valve chambers and a pipeline of 6km while other networks consist of 6km of potable water, 10km telecom and 7km of road.
The new DMC infrastructure will integrate DMC with the Mina Rashid area that includes the QE2 Hotel, P&O Marinas and Marina Cubes.