Abu Dhabi Ports Company Accepts “Excellence in GIS Implementation” Award
ABU DHABI PORTS COMPANY (ADPC) RECEIVED AN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN GIS IMPLEMENTATION AT GISWORX 2008, THE THIRD ANNUAL GIS WORKSHOPS & EXHIBITIONS FOR ESRI USERS.
The awards acknowledge exceptional GIS implementation programs, highlighting their distinctiveness in cultivating experimentation and innovation in the area of GIS Implementation.
ADPC adopted a unique approach for implementing its Geographical Information System (GIS), ensuring that the tool is an integral part of ADPC’s core business processes, serving simultaneously and in an integrated manner the requirements of its multiple business units and departments, such as Ports, Industrial Zones and Planning and Zones Development.
ADPC is a master developer of ports and industrial zones. Its purpose is to create a sustainable growth platform that spurs economic expansion and diversification for Abu Dhabi by developing world-class infrastructure, real-estate and business services in conjunction with the private sector. ADPC has been mandated to develop all ports (with the exception of oil & gas and military ports) and related infrastructure in the emirate of Abu Dhabi.
ADPC’s principal project, the Khalifa Port & Industrial Zone KPIZ is a central plank of “Plan Abu Dhabi 2030”, and will play a major role in Abu Dhabi’s industrial and economic diversification in serving as a key hub for large scale industrial investments that will be serviced by a state-of-the-art port, transport and other infrastructure facilities and services.
