Dubai Trade, the online gateway for logistics services in Dubai, UAE has launched the eighth cycle of its annual E-Services Excellence Award (ESEA) with categories to support the Smart City initiative and 2015 Year of Innovation.

Dubai Trade is unveiling four different award categories in line with Government efforts to encourage transactions through smart phones.

The categories are the Smart Services Award for M-Token Services; Smart Services Award for Free Zone Services; Smart Services Award for Clearance Services, and Smart Services Award for Payment Services.

Winners will be selected on their total number of mobile transactions across key services provided by DP World, Dubai Customs, and Economic Zones World throughout 2015.

Dubai Trade has also launched two Innovation awards titled Dubai Trade Innovation Award of the Year and Dubai Trade Innovator Award of the Year as part of the ESEA to recognise the best innovative project and the best innovative idea in the trade and logistics industry developed by individuals or organisations in the UAE based on nominations and criteria that can be found on the ESEA website esea.ae

Jamal Majid Bin Thaniah, chairman of Dubai Trade, said: “We are proud that we have met the deadline announced by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum to convert to smart services, which reinforces  Dubai’s position as one of the smartest technology driven cities in the world. At Dubai Trade we strive to apply the vision of our leadership to innovative strategies that create better e-Services and smart services to enable the movement of cross-border trade and ensure faster processing from government agencies using flexible platforms such as ePayment and other smart services.”

Mahmood Al Bastaki, CEO of Dubai Trade called on the trade and logistics community to grasp the advantages of mobile services to support the Smart Government initiative and to seize the opportunity to be one of the 8th ESEA winners.

He added: “We invite all companies and individuals in the UAE to nominate themselves for the Innovation Awards by October. Creativity and innovation are key to our strategy to ensure that Dubai remains a hub of global trade, as it continues its successful transition into a smart city.” – TradeArabia News Service