Dubai-based master developer Nakheel has signed an exclusive deal with Cafu, the on-demand, app-based fuel delivery service, for hundreds of boat owners on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah.

Under this agreement, Cafu trucks - an increasingly-familiar sight on roads across Dubai, Sharjah and Ajman - will have exclusive access to Marina Palm Jumeirah East and West, where more than 550 boats are moored.

Available between 6am and midnight, the new onsite service offers boat owners a quick, convenient and time-saving way to refuel with diesel or petrol through a mobile app – without needing to be present, said a statement from Nakheel.

Previously, they had to fill up elsewhere, involving around an hour’s round trip to the nearest fuel dock, it added.  

"With the number of boat owners in the UAE expected to double to 20,000 between now and 2025, we continue to expand our marine and leisure business by investing nearly Dh180 million ($50 million) in new marinas at Palm Jumeirah and Deira Islands, bringing our total number of berths to more than 1,200," said Nakheel CEO Sanjay Manchanda, after signing the agreement with Cafu founder and CEO Rashid Al Ghurair.
 
"At the same time, we are enhancing the facilities on offer to our growing number of marina customers, who will undoubtedly welcome this new deal with Cafu," he stated.

A homegrown solution for motorists in the UAE, Cafu is an on-demand fuel delivery application that will refuel vehicles with petrol while owners are at home, work, or play.

Al Ghurair said Cafu's main objective was to make people's lives smarter and more efficient by leveraging technology and innovation.

"After the phenomenal success of our car refuelling service, we are going a step further by delivering fuel to boats, freeing up owners’ valuable time – and helping the environment," he added.-TradeArabia News Service