# Dubayy (AE DXB)

**UN/LOCODE:** AE DXB  
**Country:** United Arab Emirates  
**Water Body:** Persian Gulf; Indian Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 25.2667, 55.3000

For freight purposes, the key fact about Port Rashid is what it no longer does: container operations left for Jebel Ali by 2008 and general cargo followed around 2018, so AE DXB – locally Mina Rashid – is today a cruise terminal rather than a working cargo port. Operated by DP World, it can berth up to seven mega cruise ships and handle 25,000 passengers at once, Dubai's first commercial harbour reinvented for tourism. Its remaining maritime-industrial weight comes from the adjoining Drydocks World, one of the Gulf's major ship-repair and conversion yards capable of taking large-tonnage vessels. Shippers moving containers, bulk or project cargo through Dubai should book via Jebel Ali (AE JEA), the UAE's leading deep-sea gateway roughly 35 km to the south-west. The surrounding Mina Rashid district is being redeveloped into waterfront real estate and a marina. Road links to Sheikh Zayed Road are excellent but no longer relevant to ocean freight at this site.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Dubai → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/dubai-shanghai)
- [Dubai → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/dubai-shenzhen)
- [Dubai → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/dubai-guangzhou)
- [Dubai → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/dubai-hong-kong)
- [Dubai → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/dubai-tokyo)
- [Dubai → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/dubai-busan)

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