(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) Despite the impact of Covid-19 across businesses, Dubai's commercial transport sector had registered healthy growth rates — with the delivery sector expanding by as much as 355 per cent in 2020, the emirate's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said on Wednesday.

Overall, there had been a nine per cent increase in the number of commercial transport companies registered in the RTA in 2020. The authority licensed more than 26,000 new vehicles of various types , up by 11 per cent from the previous year.

The delivery sector topped all commercial transport activities in terms of growth, followed by commercial licensing services, be it in heavy truck transportation (47 per cent) or the transportation of passengers in rented coaches (39 per cent), and light truck transportation (34 per cent).

'The RTA succeeded in turning this crisis into an opportunity by improving the processes in this vital sector. The sector has seen consistency and strength under these exceptional circumstances thanks to the quick response and resilience of legislation and economic packages approved by the government to leverage the economy during this global crisis, said Abdulla Yousef Al Ali, CEO of RTA's Licensing Agency.

'Such measures contributed effectively to the speedy recovery of the economy, and the transport sector played a prominent role in easing the movement of people and goods during the lockdown period while complying with the precautionary measures and the instructions of both the Ministry of Health and Prevention and the Dubai Health Authority.

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