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88Maritime Reporter & Engineering News the building of high value-added OSVs is a major strategic initiative taken by SINOPACIFIC to transform and up- grade Dayang in the downturn of the current shipbuilding market,? said Wang Jianding, GM, Dayang Shipbuilding, ?In the future, Dayang will continue tobuild upon the Group?s design and mar- ket advantages to adjust our product mix accordingly, fully leverage our strength in production capacity andmanufacturing efficiency, to ensure it to become one of the manufacturing bases which SINOPACIFIC will use to carry out its OSV strategy - leadership in niche market.? Raytheon Anschütz Opens in Rio de Janeiro Raytheon An-schütz established anew subsidiary Raytheon An-schuetz do BrasilSistemas MarítimosLtda., headquar- tered in Rio deJaneiro. With the new company, Raytheon Anschütz ex- pands its sales and service activities in South America. Raytheon Anschuetz do Brasil starts operation in July 2012.This includes supply and systems in-tegration for Raytheon Anschütz navi- gation components such as gyro compasses, autopilots and steering sys-tems, Radars, ECDIS, and complete in-tegrated bridge systems. For offshore platforms, Raytheon Anschuetz do Brasil can offer tailored and surveil- lance and security solutions on a com-mercial-off-the-shelf basis. Raytheon Anschuetz do Brasil, Sis- temas Marítimos Ltda., Avenida das Américas 7899, Bloco 2, Sala 508,Barra da Tijuca, CEP 22793-081, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilwww.raytheon-anschuetz.com.br Seaspan Selects IFS Applications to Sup- port $8B ContractIFS North America said that Seaspan has selected IFS Applications as its Shipbuilding materials requirements planning (MRP) solution. IFS Applica- tions was chosen because it provides a powerful project-based solution (PBS) with the ability to control cost andschedule in real-time, enhancing Sea-span?s ability to efficiently meet cus- tomer requirements. www.IFSWORLD.com NEWSPEOPLE & COMPANIES WSS Helps Safe Northern Sea Route Passage Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is helping clients execute voyages through the Northern Sea Route (NSR) as this new trade lane begins to open up new opportunities for shipping. WSS is working with Russian Arctic shipping spe- cialist Rosatomflot for ice-breaking assistance and has developed a program to assists clients with technical, legal and insurance preparations they must satisfy to make the journey safely. The NSR is currently open between 1 July and 1 November but holds out the long-term prospect of a faster route between Northern Europe and North Asia/Alaska, cutting the journey time on an Europe-Asia voyage from 34 days to 22 days. This has the potential to provide substantial savings in fuel con- sumption and emissions, as well as hastening the development of oil and gas reserves in the Arctic. In 2011, 34 voyages carried more than 820,000 tons of cargo via the NSR, a figure likely to rise to 1m tons in 2012. Summer sea ice levels on the route have decreased about 12% over the last decade and the warming climate ice could bring ice-free summers by 2050, according to Nor- wegian Polar Institute estimates. The average cost for a single NSR passage is about 10% greater than a Suez canal transit, however this is negotiable for multiple transits. Each transit is considered a separate project as to prepara-tions, such as application for permission to the Russian authorities, equipmentand crew training. Issues that owners need to be aware of before navigating the NSR include amendments to the terms of their P&I and hull and machin-ery insurance cover. In addition, paper charts and publications are in Russian only and ice pilots do not always speak languages other than Russian. To make the journey, all vessels must comply with Russian rules for the NSR, including its guide and regulations for navigation and pilotage as well as re- quirements for vessel design and construction, ice operations and knowledge of tariffs for icebreaking services. At present it takes two to three weeks to get a ship accepted to transit the NSR and the vessel nominated must be the high- est, 1A ice class. RobbeMR#8 (82-89):MR Template 8/10/2012 9:44 AM Page 88