RAK Maritime City is Ras Al Khaimah's dedicated free zone for the maritime, shipping and marine-industrial sector, offering a narrower, sector-specific alternative to the broader RAKEZ for businesses genuinely operating in shipping and marine services.
What RAK Maritime City is built for
RAK Maritime City licenses ship repair, marine services, shipping agencies, vessel-related trading and marine-industrial manufacturing, with dedicated port, dry-dock and vessel-servicing infrastructure built specifically for this sector. It is not intended as a general-purpose trading or consulting free zone.
Costs and what drives them
Pricing here is driven heavily by facility type — dry-dock and vessel-servicing space is priced very differently from a standard office or flexi-desk licence for a shipping agency or marine-services trading company without physical vessel work. Businesses with genuine dry-dock or repair facility needs should engage RAK Maritime City directly for a facility-specific quote; a standard trading or agency licence can be modelled with this site's Business Setup Cost Calculator.
Is RAK Maritime City the right fit?
If your business is genuinely in shipping, marine services or vessel-related trading, RAK Maritime City's dedicated infrastructure is a real advantage over a general free zone. For a shipping-adjacent business without a physical marine operation, the broader RAKEZ may be the more cost-effective comparison — this site's Free Zone vs Mainland Tool can help confirm which fits.