Following many years of diligent work by a group of dedicated marine industry professionals, the Leisure Marine Association Middle East North Africa has now been established to represent and support the maritime industry in the region, His Excellency Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, the Executive Director of the ’’Dubai Maritime City Authority’’ at the Ports, Customs, and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC), announced that: “The association is a welcome addition to Dubai’s proactive leisure marine community, and we are excited to the potentials and key prospects it is keen on bringing to the marine sector. The Dubai Maritime City Authority is ready to support its initiatives and plans that would further boost the development of leisure marine in Dubai and the region. I am confident that the establishment of a regional organization for the leisure marine sector is the way forward to grow sustainably.”