Arthur G. Berndt Joins El Paso Marine As Vice President-Operations

The El Paso Company, Houston, Texas, announced that Arthur G.

Berndt of New York, who has almost 30 years' experience in the shipping industry, has joined its LNG shipping subsidiary, El Paso Marine Company, as vice president operations.

El Paso Marine Company operates a fleet of six of the largest LNG ships afloat. Three more are still under construction. The vessels carry LNG from Algeria to the East Coast of the United States.

Mr. Berndt was manager of operations for Energy Transportation Corporation, where he was responsible for seven ships that move LNG from Indonesia to Japan.

P r i o r to j o i n i n g Energy Transportation Corporation, he was in marine operations with Exxon International and Exxon International Services, including manager of operations for Exxon's fleet of LNG carriers.

His experience also i n c l u d es work as a senior naval architect and as an industrial marine safety engineer. Mr. Berndt graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 1946 with a B.S. degree in marine engineering.

He has held a license as a marine chief engineer since 1952.

He serves as an advisor to the State of New York Maritime Academy and to the Maine Maritime Academy, and is active in placement of graduates of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

M e m b e r s h i p s include Kings Point Alumni, the Port of New York Port Engineers, the U.S.

Naval Institute, the American Society of Naval Engineers, and the American Society of Safety Engineers.

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