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New & Notable

Alaska Awards Metlakatla Ferry Contract to Conrad

Conrad Industries emerged as the winner to build a new ferry for the high profile customers Alaska

Marine Highway. AMH sees the signing as the ushering in of a new era in marine transportation for the community of Metlakatla with the signing of the contract. The new vessel will provide dedi- cated service between Metlakatla and Ketchikan, two of the Inside Passage's southernmost commu- nities. Southeast Region Director. Bob Doll, rep- resented the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities at the signing ceremony. "This ferry means better service to the communities of

Metlakatla and Ketchikan and less cost to the State of Alaska." The detailed design for the Metlakatla ferry was performed by Pat Eberhardt, PE. of

Coastwise Engineering, Juneau under contract to the State of Alaska. Modeled after a North Sea supply vessel, it is designed to operate the 16 nm run between Ketchikan and Metlakatla in sea state 6 conditions, 13 to 20 ft. waves and winds in excess of 30 knots. Its rugged, open deck design will allow operation more than 95 percent of the time, with a normal operating speed of between 12 and 14 knots. At 181 ft. (55.1 m) the new

Metlakatla ferry will be able to transport 149 pas- sengers and 18 vehicles.

King Named CEO for

VT Halter Marine

Boyd E. (Butch) King was appointed CEO of VT Halter

Marine Inc. at the beginning of the month.

King most recently served as a senior associate with Booz

Allen and Hamilton, consulting on various logistical support projects. Among others, this included the study and recom- mendation to revamp the Balkan Military Support initiative for the United States Army Europe. King also played an instrumental role in developing the Capstone Training

Course for the first Interim Brigade Combat Team command and staff for the Army's Training and Doctrine Command.

King had a successful 35-year career in the U.S. Army, cul- minating in his appointment as Director of Transportation,

Energy and Troop Support on the Army staff. In this posi- tion, he was responsible for a $3.9-billion dollar program to improve power projection platforms in the United States.

During his Army career, King was at the helm of various logistic operations, which included the shipping of combat equipment in support of operations in Haiti to meet National

Command Authority requirements for deployment. He retired in 1998 as a Brigadier General.

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