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In a festive ceremony held in Bremerhaven on 15 December, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems handed over the frigate “AL-QADEER” to the Navy of the Arab Republic of Egypt. “AL-QADEER” is the third in a series of four MEKO® A-200 EN frigates. The ceremony was attended by high-ranking representatives from the Egyptian and German Navy.

On May 26th, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems handed over a frigate to the Navy of the Arab Republic of Egypt. It is the second in a series of four MEKO® A-200 EN frigates. The ceremony in Bremerhaven, which was attended by high-ranking Egyptian and German Navy officials, also included the naming of the vessel. The Commander in Chief of the Egyptian Navy, Vice Admiral Ashraf Ibrahim Atwa, named the ship “AL-QAHHAR”, meaning “The Irresistible Subduer”.

On March 24th, the Brazilian Navy and Águas Azuis, a special purpose entity (SPE) formed by thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Embraer Defense & Security and Atech, celebrated another milestone in the construction of the Tamandaré frigate: the ship’s keel laying. The ceremony, which took place at thyssenkrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul in Itajaí, Santa Catarina, was attended by the Commander of the Navy Fleet Admiral Marcos Sampaio Olsen, and other civil and military authorities from the defense sector and the naval industry.

thyssenkrupp Marine Systems today handed over the first-of-class MEKO® A-200 EN to the Navy of the Arab Republic of Egypt. A total of four ships were ordered, with the first three units produced in Germany and the fourth vessel built by Alexandria Shipyard in Egypt. At today’s ceremony in Bremerhaven, the frigate “AL-AZIZ” was accepted by the Egyptian Navy after only 38 months of the contract becoming effective.

Zum 1. Oktober 2022 hat thyssenkrupp Marine Systems die ersten 22 Mitarbeitenden am Standort Wismar eingestellt. Bei den neuen Kollegen handelt es sich um acht Auszubildende, zehn Duale Studenten und vier Ausbilder. Diese wurden heute von Personalvorstand Bernd Hartmann am Standort in Wismar als neue Mitarbeitende begrüßt. „Ich freue mich sehr, dass wir diese Truppe schnell an Bord holen konnten, damit die jungen Leute ihre Ausbildung ungefährdet zu Ende bringen können. Nach zwei Jahren Pause werden wir am Standort in Wismar zum kommenden Lehrjahr auch wieder Auszubildende und Duale Studenten einstellen. Schließlich brauchen wir unsere Fachkräfte“, so Bernd Hartmann während der Begrüßung.

thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) übernimmt den Standort der MV Werften in Wismar. Darüber wurden die Mitarbeitenden heute auf einer Versammlung vom Insolvenzverwalter Dr. Christoph Morgen in Anwesenheit von Wirtschaftsminister Reinhard Meyer, CEO Oliver Burkhard und IG-Metall-Bezirksleiter Daniel Friedrich informiert. Damit hat einer der traditionsreichsten Schiffbaustandorte in Deutschland wieder eine langfristige Perspektive.

Today, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems handed over the frigate “RHEINLAND-PFALZ” to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) in Hamburg. With that, all four ships of the F125 class, which thyssenkrupp Marine Systems built together with the NVL Group in the ARGE F125 consortium, have been successfully delivered.