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Dubai’s Parkin and Bahrain’s Amakin Sign Landmark Strategic Partnership to Pioneer Integrated Smart Parking and Digital Mobility Across the GCC

The cross-border collaboration focuses on interconnecting digital operating platforms, enabling seamless bilateral parking payments via mobile apps, and deploying unified mobility analytics.

By 19Network Editorial Team · Aug 25, 2026 · 5 min read

Executives from Parkin and Amakin shake hands in a modern office to celebrate their new regional parking partnership.

Dubai's Parkin and Bahrain's Amakin sign an MoU to integrate smart parking platforms, enabling seamless cross-border payments and unified GCC mobility data.

DUBAI — In a landmark strategic initiative set to accelerate regional transport integration and redefine the digital motorist experience across the Arabian Gulf, Parkin Company PJSC (Parkin), the largest provider of paid public parking facilities and smart services in Dubai, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bahrain Car Parks Company (Amakin) B.S.C., Bahrain’s leading parking and mobility solutions operator. The cross-border agreement establishes an operational and technological framework for both entities to combine their digital capabilities, modern payment infrastructures, and regional business networks to pioneer intelligent mobility services across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The strategic collaboration marks an important chapter in the regional evolution of urban transport technology. As metropolitan centers across the GCC experience accelerating economic expansion and rising cross-border business travel, Parkin and Amakin are joining forces to build a cohesive digital mobility corridor. The partnership leverages Parkin’s enterprise-scale technological infrastructure in Dubai alongside Amakin’s established market leadership in Bahrain, delivering unified, friction-free services to millions of regional drivers. Under the provisions of the newly executed agreement, both organizations will systematically evaluate three core operational avenues designed to elevate the urban transit ecosystem: The first focus area centers on comprehensive platform…

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