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Innovations in the transportation industry and its related services from more than 50 local and international companies in 13 countries, are on display at the second edition of the NATRANS Expo, which opened at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre on Tuesday.
The exhibition was opened by Abdullah Salem Alkathiri, Director-General of the Federal Transport Authority Land and Maritime, who was accompanied by a number of officials, specialists, and keynote speakers from the transportation and smart city industry in the UAE and the region.
The event is being held under the Patronage of Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development, and Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority – Land and Maritime.
Alkathiri toured the exhibition where he was introduced to the latest cutting-edge technologies across a wide range of applications in today’s smart cities; from Road and Traffic, smart parking solutions, automatic incident and real time traffic telemetry, signals, nationwide interoperable ETC systems, metro and rail infrastructure projects, maritime and ports, security solutions to green city buses and autonomous vehicles. He met representatives from various participating companies specialising in the transportation and smart cities sectors.
“Innovative technology is integral to the sustainable growth of the transportation industry in the Middle East, which is already witnessing unprecedented demand from an increasingly diverse and growing population,” AlKathiri said in his welcome speech on behalf of Al Nuaimi, following the tour.
“The focus on innovation and smart technologies given across policies and strategies in the United Arab Emirates is a valuable opportunity for every sector to grow further and become globally competitive,” he added.
Al Kathiri also highlighted the UAE’s pioneering role in always attracting the latest trends and discoveries in numerous aspects of the transportation technologies that strengthen the UAE’s initiatives to advance its society in various sectors. He then outlined the goals of vision 2021 and the UAE’s ambitions to become No. 1 in several areas of transportation infrastructure.
He stressed the importance of the FTA’s role in participating and supporting such an event that provides a great platform for transport authorities and government bodies from the GCC to come together with innovative companies and embrace advanced technologies that will change many aspects of the transportation industry for years to come.
The largest participation in the NATRANS Expo is from Honeywell, Lean Park and KORE. The event is expected to attract hundreds of visitors and participants over two days.
Organised by Fleming, with the support of the Federal Transport Authority Land and Maritime, the expo is sponsored by Honeywell, Lean Park and KORE, with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies as the Strategic Partner. Several big players in the market will also be participating at the event, such as MASDAR City, Omnix, Fybr, Aeromobil, Mitsubishi, XRAIL, Emirates Driving Company and Tactical Partners AECOM and ATKINS.