The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed an exclusive operation contract with DP World whereby the Dubai Taxi Corporation (DTC) at the RTA will provide taxi and VIP limousine services to lift tourists from and to The Hamdan bin Mohammed Cruise Terminal at Mina Rashid (Rashid Port).
By offering this new service, the DTC will complete a portfolio of official and exclusive operation of the air and marine ports in Dubai Emirate.
RTA has also inked a MoU with DP World to enhance the cooperation between the two parties to streamline the movement of trucks and step up the traffic safety on highways leading to Jebel Ali Port.
The MoU also provides for sharing best practices & systems of tracking the movement of trucks and monitoring attitudes of drivers in order to curb traffic accidents. It also calls for exchanging information about plans of both parties as regards the upgrading of external roads in the surrounds of Jebel Ali Port, and lending support in permit services.
Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, signed the agreement and MoU on behalf of RTA, and Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, CEO and Chairman of DP World Group cum Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, signed on behalf of DP World. More info
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