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Article: Dubai World Central masterplan completed.(air cargo advanced component in Dubai Logistics City )(Brief article)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
- Article date:
- May 5, 2006
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Beirut-based Dar al-Handasah (Shair & Partners) has completed the masterplan for the Dubai World Central project, formerly known as Jebel Ali Airport City. The 140-square-kilometre city is designed to support Dubai's aviation, tourism, commercial and logistics requirements until 2050 and infrastructure costs alone will run to $33,000 million.
The most advanced component is Dubai Logistics City (DLC), which covers 25 square kilometres and is designed to handle 12 million tonnes a year of air cargo in up to 16 air cargo terminals. DLC will also have its own aviation area, a dedicated cluster for specialised aviation industry suppliers and offering direct apron ...