William Turner Named Vice President For Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring

William J. Turner Jr. has been named by Ryan-Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc. as vice president and managing director for its recently leased bulk terminal in New Orleans. He has extensive bulk handling experience reaching back several decades. Since 1977, he has been managing director of Ormet C o r p o r a t i o n 's Burnside Bulk Terminal, located approximately half-way between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

In 1951, he joined the Port of Stockton (Calif.) as manager of freight warehouse and operations.

In 1974, he was appointed port director, guiding a staff and port activities of various commercial and industrial facilities serving shipping-related businesses.

Mr. Turner's first responsibilities will be initial reactivation of the New Orleans Bulk Terminal, which has been inactive since previous contract management expired in September 1980. He will be working under the direction of Robert R. Barkerding Sr., senior vice president of Ryan-Walsh in New Orleans, and John L. McCarron Jr., executive vice president of Ryan-Walsh at its corporate offices in Mobile, Ala.

Ryan-Walsh plans to handle various bulk commodities compatible with the systems at the bulk terminal, which it is committed to improve and modernize with emphasis on coal and ores.

The company expects to handle between 1.5 and 2 million tons during the first of the five years of the present contract, with tonnage rising to the 3.5 to 4-million ton range by the fifth year.

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 18, Apr 1981

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