Maritime sector is essential for the local economy—Director General, Dubai Customs
Recent figures released by Dubai Customs showed that the Creek Customs Center and Diera Wharfage Center have dealt with 18,000 vessels in 2019 compared to 15,603 in 2018.
During his recent tour to the two centres, Director General of Dubai Customs, Ahmed Mahboob Musabih pointed out the high quality services provided to clients have contributed significantly in facilitating traffic of vessels and speeding up the declaration process.
“At Dubai Customs we keep developing our services, and this helps our different customs centers, including the Creek and Deira Wharfage Centres, achieve the overall vision of securing the borders and supporting legitimate trade,” he affirmed.
In his evening tour, Musabih was accompanied by Abdullah Mohammed Al Khaja, Executive Director, Clients Management Division; Farid Hassan Al Marzouqi, Executive Director, Human Resources, Finance and Administration Division; Ahmed Al Daleel, Director, Coastal Customs Centres Management; Ibrahim Kamali, Director, Passenger Operations Department, and Shuaib Al Suwaidi, Director, Customs Intelligence Department.
The two centres are equipped with advanced devices including inspection smart drones and submarines.
The Coastal Customs Centers Management has launched a number of initiatives this year to facilitate traffic and berthing of vessels using the latest artificial intelligence applications, including the (Smart Vessel Berthing System) which helps vessels load and unload their goods with the help of an advanced AI based service.
The ‘Smart Vessel Berthing System’ enables trading vessels finalize their transactions online. They can register at the operations room of Dubai Creek Customs Center which will direct the vessels to the waiting quays using the Smart Vessel Berthing System. The vessels are then directed to certain wharfs to load or unload their goods. Dubai Creek Port deals with around 50 other ports in nine countries.
