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Halter Delivers New York Pilot Boat The 65-foot Chapel Hill has accommodations for 19 New York Harbor Pilots. Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., the world's larg- est builder of offshore support ves- sels for the oil and gas industry, has delivered a new 65-foot pilot vessel to the New York Pilots As- sociation. The new boat, named Chapel Hill, will accommodate 19 pilots and has been placed into operation by its owners in New York Harbor. The Chapel Hill has overall di- mensions of 65 feet 6 inches by 17 feet, with a 44-inch draft. It was designed an4 built by Halter Ma- rine Services. The boat is powered by two Gen- eral Motors 12V71N marine diesel engines and is equipped with one General Motors 2-71-20 kw genera- tor unit, Konel Model KRA-221 radar and Motorola-Modar V.H.F. radios. The vessel is air-condition- ed in the passenger lounge, two staterooms and wheelhouse. Halter Marine Services has a cur- rent backlog of approximately $60 Paul A. Conrado Named President Santa Fe Affiliate Paul A. Conrado Paul A. Conrado, vice president of Santa Fe Engineering & Con- struction Co., Orange, Calif., has •been named president and director of P.T. Santa Fe-Pomeroy 'Indo- nesia, with headquarters in Jakarta. He succeeds Roger A. Lewis, who is transferring from Jakarta to California to become manager of administration for Santa Fe- Pomeroy, Inc. at Petaluma. All three firms are affiliates of Santa Fe International Corp. Mr. Conrado is an engineering million in contracts to build off- shore crew boats, supply vessels, anchor handling and towing ships for the oil and gas industry. The company's production comes from four fully equipped shipyards in New Orleans, Lockport and Pierre Part (Louisiana) and Moss Point (Mississippi). Three special type vessels were recently delivered iby Halter Ma- rine Services. They include a 15,- 000-horsepower tug, the most pow- erful ever built in the United States, and two 174-foot ocean- ographic research ships for the Na- vy Ship Command and the Navy's Office of the Ooeanographer. One research ship will be used iby Texas A & M University; the other will be used by the University of Ha- waii's Oceanographic Institute in Honolulu. The new vessels are modified standard Halter Marine offshore supply/anchor handling and rig towing ships. graduate of the University of Santa Clara, and has a master's degree in construction management from Stanford University. Since joining Santa Fe-Pome- roy's predecessor J.H. Pomeroy & Co. in 1965, he has been assigned as an engineer and project mana- ger on construction jobs in Su- matra, Irian Jaya, Java, and Singa- pore. In 1972-73, he was area man- ager in charge of the company's construction operations in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Conrado was promot- ed to vice president of Santa Fe Engineering & Construction Co. in May 1973, and assigned to com- pany headquarters in Orange until returning to /Indonesia in Novem- ber as Pacific area manager. Charles Klein Joins Pott Industries Inc. As Tax Manager Pott Industries Inc., St. Louis, Mo., has announced that Charles J. Klein has joined the company as tax manager. Mr. Klein was formerly corpo- rate tax manager of Brown Group, Inc. Lightner To Build Diesel-Powered Scow Of Taubler Design The Department of Public Works, Town of Islip, N.Y., has awarded a contract to Lightner's Boat Yard, Inc., West Sayville, N.Y., for the construction of a steel-hulled diesel-powered work scow. The principal dimensions of the new vessel are: length overall, 35 feet; molded beam, 13 feet; and draft, about 15 feet. The vessel is to be fitted with a hydraulically operated boom for handling pilings, a diesel-driven jetting pump, pilothouse and work- room, A spud is also to be fitted for anchoring. The vessel is to be used for transporting and setting piles, re- pairing and erecting bulkheading, and similar work. The design agent was Richard R. Taubler, Inc., naval architects of Brooklyn, N.Y. COSTLY POLLUTION OBLEMS POINT AND INTERFACE SONIC PROBES MMC Sonic Point Probes exactly define overflow ullage limits in cargo, bunker and m Is^Ma neoua^htp's****' taaMB0tofft«costly pollution C^Poblems occur. These probes provide audible and visual alarm signals, with provisions for activating or deactivating pumps and valves automatically. The MCC Interface Probe is continually ready to warn .against overboard discharge of oil from slop tanks, and takes the guess work out of blind interface monitoring. Alt MMC Sonic Probes are completely solid state with no moving parts to hang-up or malfunction. Furnished as intrinsically safe, they carry regulatory body approvals worldwide. ^ ..... " flKjfc KnH \ ."jtllMiMiTHy v '.-a February 1, 1974 29
