Dubai Municipality has completed a first-of-its-kind survey of the territorial waters of the emirate using a highly advanced vessel.
The initiative aims to develop nautical charts and generate marine infrastructure data that will be used for strategic planning and early warning systems for emergencies and crises.
The survey covered not only Dubai’s coastline and its entire territorial waters but also parts of international waters bordering it.
The boat, with an operational capacity of 72 continuous sailing hours, contains integrated state-of-the-art monitoring systems.
With the completion of the project, Dubai Municipality is set to become the first government department in the country to produce and update nautical charts for associated marine vessels, in addition to providing hydrographic data with international specifications.
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Through the project, Dubai Municipality seeks to provide high-quality accurate marine data that raises the emirate's global competitiveness as a maritime destination
The initiative also enables the organisation to obtain global accreditation from the International Hydrographic Organization and the International Maritime Organization for the production of nautical charts.
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