en.Wedoany.com Reported - On May 15, 2026, the UAE's AD Ports Group announced a partnership with several local shipbuilding and marine engineering enterprises to officially establish the Consortium of UAE Shipbuilders. This is the country's first integrated industry platform covering ship construction, ship repair, equipment manufacturing, and marine engineering.
The initial members of the consortium span multiple sectors including UAE shipbuilding, steel production, marine engineering, and manufacturing. They include AD Ports Group, SAFEEN Dry Dock, Premier Marine Engineering Services, Dubai Ship Building & Engineering Company (DSBE), Al Seer Marine, as well as UAE-based and regional enterprises such as Dutch Oriental, JOME Engineering, Saifee, Blue Gulf Ship Builders, and MBK Marine Industries.
The core objective of the consortium is to strengthen collaboration among the UAE's maritime industrial sectors and improve project planning and delivery processes. By enhancing project pipeline transparency and optimizing procurement coordination, the platform aims to boost efficiency, expand delivery capacity, and enhance comprehensive competitiveness across the entire maritime value chain. A key task is to help small and medium-sized shipyards gain opportunities to participate in larger and more complex domestic and international projects.
This initiative is spearheaded by AD Ports Group through its Maritime & Shipping Cluster, with Noatum Maritime serving as the responsible entity for governance and commercial coordination, overseeing alignment with the UAE's national industrial and economic diversification goals to ensure the consortium operates in a structured and strategic manner. Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Managing Director and Group CEO of AD Ports Group, stated: "By strengthening industry synergy, we can achieve greater scale and enhance competitiveness, enabling the UAE to play a more significant role in global maritime trade and manufacturing, thereby shaping a more interconnected and competitive national shipbuilding ecosystem."
Noatum Maritime provides shipbuilding and repair services in the UAE through SAFEEN Dry Dock, a joint venture with Premier Marine Engineering Services, and has expanded its international shipbuilding operations through the acquisition of a shipyard in Valencia, Spain.
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