Pioneer Sector is part of the Jurong Industrial Estate which is the largest industrial estate in Singapore.
5-638: Pioneer Sector comprises Pioneer Sectors 1, 2, 3, Pioneer Sector Walk, Pioneer Sector Lane and Gul Road and is bounded by Pioneer Road on the North, Tuas Basin on the West, Selat Jurong on the South and Gul Basin on the East. It is located on reclaimed land. Pioneer Sector is home to many marine and heavy industries such as Keppel Offshore and Marine, Asia-Beni Steel Industries Pte Ltd, YLS Steel Pte Ltd, Keppel Shipyard etc. Tuas Naval Base
10-580: Is also located at Pioneer Sector. SBS Transit industrial service 257 travels between Joo Koon Bus Interchange / Joo Koon MRT station and Pioneer Sector. Bus service 254 plies Pioneer Road which bounded the Northern part of Pioneer Sector. This Singapore location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tuas Naval Base 1°17′38.02″N 103°39′50.65″E / 1.2938944°N 103.6640694°E / 1.2938944; 103.6640694 Tuas Naval Base ( TNB )
15-567: Is the second naval base of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). Located at the western tip of Singapore, it occupies 0.28 km (0.11 sq mi) of land. It was officially opened on 2 September 1994, by Goh Chok Tong , the Prime Minister of Singapore(at the time). For about two decades, Brani Naval Base was the RSN's only base. An expansion of the fleet in the early 1980s meant that more space
20-482: Was also made for recreational facilities. Automation was incorporated into the design of TNB to reduce manpower requirements, such as mechanical ramps for the loading and unloading of vehicles and an automatic storage and retrieval system. It also has a floating dock which can lift 600 tonnes and transfer a ship from sea to land to facilitate repairs and maintenance. Currently, the Littoral Mission Vessel ,
25-433: Was needed for the fleet and its shore infrastructure. However, this was not possible as the land around Brani was reserved for use by the port authority to develop container facilities. As a result, Tuas was selected as the site for a second naval base. Better utilisation of space at TNB resulted in two and a half times more berthing space than Brani, even though TNB only has a shoreline of 850 m (0.5 mi). Provision
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