Dubai · Free zone
DMC
Dubai Maritime City
The honest read
What it is actually good at.
Ship repair, marine services, yacht building and maritime consultancy, with actual water access — which sounds obvious until you notice how many maritime companies are licensed in inland office parks.
Who is actually based here
Ship repair yards, marine services, yacht builders and brokers, and maritime consultancies.
What it costs
Specialist maritime pricing, with yards and workshops on a different basis from office space.
How banks receive it
Straightforward for services; vessel-owning structures attract more diligence.
Commonly licensed here
- Emirate
- Dubai
- Type
- Free zone
- Location
- Port Rashid peninsula
- Established
- 2007
- Licence issuance
- 3–5 weeks
- Residence visas
- By leased area
- Ownership
- 100% foreign
- Premises
- Yards, workshops, offices
Timelines, quotas and package contents are indicative and change without notice. We confirm every one against the current schedule before you commit to anything.
Premises
Where the office actually goes.
DMC licenses from Port Rashid peninsula, and Bur Dubai is the nearest district where you would realistically take space — near enough to be practical, and priced on its own terms rather than the zone's.
Across the creek from Deira, mixing the old textile souk with a dense commercial and residential quarter. Karama and Al Fahidi sit within it. What DMC itself offers by way of premises: Yards, workshops, offices.
- District
- Bur Dubai, Dubai
- Typical rent
- Value band, comparable to Deira
- Licence type there
- Mainland
Questions
A maritime free zone on the Port Rashid peninsula with actual water access — ship repair, yacht services and marine consultancy.
Only if you touch vessels. Chartering, broking and agency can be licensed anywhere; repair and yacht services need the water.
Vessel registration is a separate track with the maritime authority, distinct from the company licence.