{"id":53997,"date":"2026-03-25T14:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/?p=53997"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:46:22","slug":"tkms-intensifies-cooperation-with-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/tkms-vertieft-zusammenarbeit-mit-singapur\/","title":{"rendered":"TKMS intensifies cooperation with Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"p3R_mc2\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">TKMS<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">and<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">the<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Marine area<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">from<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ST<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Engineering<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">signed a <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Declaration of intent<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u00e4<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">ration<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">about<\/span> one <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Joint maintenance<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">-<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">and service centre<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">for<\/span><br role=\"presentation\" \/><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Singapore and<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">international operators of TKMS<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">-<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">U<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">-<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">boats. As the company announced in a press release, the <span id=\"p3R_mc11\" class=\"markedContent\">The agreement extends the existing partnership between the two companies and serves to ensure the long-term operational readiness of the submarines operated by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and other international users. <span id=\"p3R_mc13\" class=\"markedContent\">The memorandum of understanding was signed by Oliver Burkhard, CEO TKMS, and Tan Leong Peng, President of the Marine Division at ST Engineering, in the presence of Boris Pistorius, Minister of Defence of Germany, and Chan Chun Sing, Minister of Defence of Singapore, during a ministerial visit.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30694\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MFO-Header-Beitrag-840x428-px-\u2013-85.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30694\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MFO-Header-Beitrag-840x428-px-\u2013-85-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"RSS Impeccable at the tkMS shipyard in Kiel. Photo: Michael Nitz\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MFO-Header-Beitrag-840x428-px-\u2013-85-300x153.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MFO-Header-Beitrag-840x428-px-\u2013-85-768x391.jpg 768w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MFO-Header-Beitrag-840x428-px-\u2013-85-750x382.jpg 750w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/MFO-Header-Beitrag-840x428-px-\u2013-85.jpg 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RSS Impeccable at TKMS in Kiel. Photo: Michael Nitz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span id=\"p3R_mc2\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><span id=\"p3R_mc11\" class=\"markedContent\"><span id=\"p3R_mc13\" class=\"markedContent\"><span id=\"p3R_mc17\" class=\"markedContent\">Oliver Burkhard, CEO of TKMS, explained that the co-operation with ST Engineering is a strong foundation to ensure the long-term operational readiness of the Republic of Singapore Navy's submarines as well as other navies operating TKMS submarines.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The 218SG class submarines manufactured in Kiel are among the most modern conventional submarines in the world. The\u00a0<span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Invincible class (Type 218 SG) of the Singapore Navy consists of the <\/span><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\"><em class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">RSS Invincible<\/em>, which was launched in 2019, as well as the RSS <em class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">Impeccable<\/em> and <em class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">RSS Illustrious. Christening was in 2022. <\/em><\/span><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">In 2025, the construction of two more submarines of this type was agreed, with some boats to be built in Wismar rather than Kiel. <\/span><span class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\">The 218 SG class is specially tailored to Singapore's requirements and is based on the German submarine classes 212A and 214.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TKMS deepens cooperation with Singapore - TKMS and the marine division of ST Engineering signed a memorandum of understanding for a joint maintenance and service centre for Singapore and international operators of TKMS submarines.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":48757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"3high","footnotes":""},"categories":[486,45,42,49,50],"tags":[12349,1086,118,12351,12352,2583,2582,12348,231,4918,232,12350],"class_list":["post-53997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-marinen-aus-aller-welt-news","category-news","category-schiffsbau-news","category-sicherheitspolitik-news","tag-absichtserklaerung","tag-einsatzbereitschaft","tag-kooperation","tag-republic-of-singapore-navy","tag-rss-illustrious","tag-rss-impeccable","tag-rss-invincible","tag-st-engineering","tag-tkms","tag-typ-218sg","tag-u-boote","tag-wartungszentrum"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53997"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54007,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53997\/revisions\/54007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marineforum.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}