J.P. Elverdin Appointed Vice President-Shipping For United States Steel
J.P. Elverdin has been named vice president-shipping for United States Steel, it was announced by Thomas Marshall, group vice president-resource development.
A native of Argentina, Mr. Elverdin holds law degrees from the U n i v e r s i t y of Buenos Aires, Southern M e t h o d i s t University and New York University.
He began his career with U.S.
Steel in 1968 as an attorney in the law department at Pittsburgh headquarters. In 1970, he was named assistant secretary and attorney for U.S. Steel's Orinoco Mining Company in Venezuela, and was promoted to secretary and general counsel for Orinoco in 1974.
Two years later, Mr. Elverdin was appointed secretary of Navios Corporation, an international bulk shipping subsidiary of U.S. Steel then located in Nassau, Bahamas.
In 1978, he was named vice president- commercial of Navios and was elected president the following year. After moving with Navios to New York in May 1980, he now leaves that post to assume his new duties in Pittsburgh.
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- SPC Coatings Combat Rising Fuel Costs- Literature Available page: 5
- Ryan-Walsh Bulk Terminal In New Orleans Resumes Coal-Handling Operations page: 5
- Brochure Available On Gilkes Self-Priming Pumps For Marine Market page: 6
- Henschel Changes Name Of Its Oklahoma Unit To Tulsa Division page: 6
- Atlantic Marine To Build Cat-Powered Drill Barge For Mecom Company page: 6
- National Marine Service Adds Sixth Drydock At Its Harvey Shipyard page: 6
- General Ship Expands Its Facilities In South Boston page: 6
- Floating Doughnut Crane Shown At Shugart Crane Conference page: 7
- EMD-Powered 'Gulf Condor' Delivered By Quality Shipyards page: 8
- RCA Opens Marine Services Office In Morgan City, La. page: 8
- Hans Schaefer Succeeds Arthur Stout As President Of Todd Shipyards page: 8
- FELS To Construct Semisubmersible Rig For Western Company page: 9
- David Parrot To Head New Aldenships Division Of John G. Alden Firm page: 9
- Edward Walsh Named Asst VP And Controller At J.J. Henry Company page: 9
- Oosterhuis Talk Describes Decline In Fuel Q u a l i t y - Free Copies Available page: 10
- Second Occidental Tug/Barge Unit Christened At Avondale Yard page: 10
- Megasystems To Provide Automation Package For Southern-Built Dredge page: 10
- Interlake's 'De Lancey' Christened- Longest Vessel On The Great Lakes page: 12
- Dravo Negotiating To Buy Operating Assets Of Nilo Barge Line From Olin page: 14
- Brochure Available On Foster Wheeler Boilers And Auxiliary Equipment page: 14
- A TIME OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS, ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT page: 15
- Vincent Ferraro Named Estimating VP For Savannah Shipyard page: 15
- Paceco Container Crane Arrives At Massport's Castle Island Terminal page: 15
- NASSCO Lays Keel Of First In Series Of Product Carriers For American Tankships page: 16
- Bay Shipbuilding Completes EMD-Powered Columbia Star page: 16
- Bryant Named Manager Of McGraw-Edison's New Marine Marketing Dept. page: 17
- Three New Technical Reports Available From Ship Structure Committee page: 17
- Penske Offers Brochure On Diesels/Gas Turbines For Marine/Offshore Power page: 18
- Subsidy Approved On USL Conversion Job To Cost $5.3 Million page: 18
- Consolidated Inland Opens East Division Office— R.R. Simms Named Manager page: 18
- El Paso Promotes Three- Harry Ray Named VP Of El Paso Marine page: 18
- MOBILE JACKUP PLATFORMSPAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE page: 19
- Serrie Joins Levingston As VP Of Operations page: 19
- lotron Conducts ARPA Demonstration In New York City page: 20
- First Of Five Hydrofoil Combatants Launched By Boeing Marine Systems page: 20
- ALL INDICATORS POINT TO DRAMATIC INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR BARGE CAPACITY page: 22
- Levingston Reorganized— Barrios, Covington And Wise To Head Three Units page: 22
- B IW Awarded $247-Million Navy Contract To Build Three Missile Frigates page: 24
- North Florida Shipyards Appoints Three—White Named Production Manager page: 25
- Captain Barry Roberts Named CO Of USCG's Curtis Bay Shipyard page: 25
- James Retert Joins Waukesha Engine As Director Of Marketing page: 27
- New U.S. Built Coal-Fired Ship To Be Powered By G.E. Steam Turbine page: 27
- Wasacz Succeeds Gray As President Of Matson Navigation page: 28
- Bel-Aire Yard To Build Two Tuna Seiners At Total Cost Of $20 Million page: 29
- AWO'S AMERICAN WATERWAYS SHIPYARD CONFERENCE IS SHAPING POLICY FOR LONG-TERM GROWTH page: 33
- Washburn & Doughty Delivers Combination Scalloper-Dragger page: 34
- GE-Powered Product Carrier For Union Oil Christened At NASSCO page: 34
- South Jersey Port Orders Heavy Duty Multi-Purpose Crane From Kocks page: 35
- U.S. NAVY - A MORE POWERFUL FUTURE page: 39
- RORO81 PREVIEW page: 39
- First Of Three Waterman Combination Carriers Features Largest MacGregor Stern Ramp page: 40
- OFFSHORE DRILLING RIGS, SUPPORT VESSELS, NAVY SHIPS, INLAND BARGES, AND REPAIR WORK BRIGHTEN THE U.S. PICTURE page: 41
- Canadian Yards And Government Speed Up Shipbuilding Training page: 41
- EDO Gets $3.9-Million Navy Award To Improve Existing ASW System page: 42
- Barber Steamship Lines Names Steven Roberts Assistant Vice President page: 43
- Navy Awards $276-Million Contract To Todd For Three Additional FFGs page: 43
- Promet Gets $60-Million Order For Drill Rig For Sedco Incorporated page: 44
- A VIEW OF WORLDWIDE SHIPBUILDING REVEALS SIGNS OF REVIVAL IN SOME SECTORS page: 45
- CANADIAN EAST COAST OFFSHORE SERVICE VESSELS-EXPERIENCES AND PROBABLE FUTURE REQUIREMENTS page: 50
- CANADA'S EAST COAST OFFSHORE OIL POTENTIALOPPORTUNITIES FOR SHIPBUILDING page: 52
- First Aegis Missile Cruiser Christened At Ingalls Yard page: 58
- Blount Delivers Commuter Boat To Fire Island Ferries page: 58
- Promet Private Limited Completes Jackup Service Barge For Sun Contractors page: 60
- Cornelsen Named Manager- Technical Operations For Well Control Systems page: 60
- Northern New England ASNE Holds Joint Meeting With NCAA & NANTS page: 64
- 'Griffin-Alexander I' Now In Service- First Of Eight Costing $280 Million page: 66
- SNAME Philadelphia Section Hears Report On Stack Performance page: 66
- Captain Sandberg Honored At New York Section SNAME Meeting page: 66
- Smit International Performs Tow Of Huge Production Platform page: 70
- Jackup For Houston Offshore Commissioned At Bethlehem Yard page: 70
- Joe B. Foster Named An Executive Vice President Of Tenneco Inc. page: 71
- New Booklet Lists Oil Spill Prevention And Cleanup Organizations page: 74
- New Brochure Describes Goodway's Full Line Of Tube Cleaning Equipment page: 74
- New Armco Weld Wire Accepted By U.S. Navy —Literature Available page: 77
- New Brochure Describes Sewage Treatment Plants From Weir Pumps Limited page: 78
- J.D. Cain Appointed A Division Manager For Racal-Decca Survey page: 79
- Wilson Walton Develops New Marine Incinerator —Literature Available page: 79
- DCC Orders Satellite Ground Equipment From Scientific-Atlanta page: 80
- Charles Orem, President Of Bird-Johnson, Named Chief Executive Officer page: 80
- J.P. Elverdin Appointed Vice President-Shipping For United States Steel page: 81
- Uniroyal Collapsible Rubber Drums Are Rugged —Literature Available page: 81
- Student Paper Presented At SNAME Northern California page: 82
- Catalog Detailing Its Full Line Of Products Available From Kraissl page: 82
- Ordering Brisk At Dravo, Including Four Towboats At Cost Of $16 Million page: 84
- N.A. DiRenzo To Head New Philadelphia Office Of Designers & Planners page: 84
- Western Gear Awarded $1.5-Million Contract For Six Drilling Rig Drives page: 84
- Jan van Lier Named A Vice President Of Moore McCormack Resources page: 85
- Student Papers Presented At Los Angeles SNAME page: 85
- Sedco Jackup Drilling Rig Christened At Promet Yard page: 86
- Detroit-Powered Towboat Delivered To FOSTI By Orange Shipbuilding page: 86
- W.L. Kwitchoff Named VP-General Superintendent At Savannah Shipyard page: 87
- Lunceford Elected Board Chairman And President Of National River Academy page: 87
- Vu-Gctge Systems Ordered By NASSCO For Tankers page: 88
- Wood Elected President Of Northwest Towboat Association, Seattle page: 88
- R.E. Fisher Appointed VP-Marine Services At SeaTec International page: 88
- DEBEG Marine Opens New U.S. Headquarters page: 89
- Hampton Roads SNAME Meeting Featured Sailing Film-Narration page: 91
- Puget Sound ASNE Hears Firsthand Account Of 'Prinzendam' Incident page: 92
- Rivtow Straits Orders EMD-Powered Tugboat From John Manly Yard page: 92
- Fred Shumaker Joins McClure Associates As Vice President page: 92
- Sun Transport's Latest Carrier Has Many Advanced Features page: 93
- Albert Termo Named VP-Marketing And Planning At Universal Maritime page: 94
- Norshipco Names New Officers—Wesley Payne Promoted To Senior VP page: 94
- Yugoslav Shipyards Licensed To Build Rigs Designed By Levingston page: 95
- Walter Beam Named Vice President-Research And Development At Sperry page: 95
- Brochure Available On O i l / W a t e r Emulsifier From Cleanodan A/S page: 97
- Levingston To Build Rig For Mexican Owner At its Port Arthur Division page: 97
- $1.2-Million In Marisat Terminal Contracts Goes To Scientific-Atlanta page: 98
- Madeo Appointed Vice President-Operations For Ocean Salvors page: 98
- Riva Schwartz Promoted To Sales Manager For Simrad, Inc. page: 100
- $622,500 Contract For Atlantic Marine Yard Authorized By MSB page: 100
- New Brochure Describes High-Level Tanker Alarm With Automatic Shutdown page: 100
- Marinette Marine Awarded $1-Million Navy Contract For MCM Evaluation page: 102
- Forthofer And Reardon Named Vice Presidents For Perry Oceanographies page: 102
- Hitachi To Supply Four B&W Type Marine Diesels To People's Republic page: 103
- Hermann Helms Named VP-International For Lykes Bros. Steamship page: 103
- Reception Honors Wheeler's Appointment As Exclusive Agent For Schelde Yard page: 104
- New Kawasaki Stern Bulb System Provided Impressive Fuel Savings On Trial Run page: 104
- Marine Moisture's Tank Gauging Meets IMCO Rules —Literature Available page: 105
- Orders For Vessels Built To American Bureau Class Surged In 1980 page: 107
- Matson Promotes Three- John Couch Appointed Senior Vice President page: 107
- Macawber To Prepare Coal-Handling Manual Under MarAd Contract page: 108
- Hartzell Marine Blowers Meet Federal Specs- Literature Available page: 108
- Rick Comoglio Appointed Sales Engineer For EG&G Sea-Link Systems page: 108
- Ingalls To Build Second Jackup For Bonito Offshore page: 109
- Drew Promotes Three In Ameroid Marine D i v i s i o n - Kay Named Vice President page: 109
- Big Living Quarters Module For North Sea Production Rig Delivered By Blohm + Voss Yard page: 110
- N a t i o n a l Supply Promotes Three In Sales—Petersen Named VP-Marketing page: 112
- Boston VLCC Companies Ask For Title XI Aid On Tanker Retrofits page: 115
- New Gems Flow Switches Designed For Heavy D u t y - Literature Available page: 115
- Selfbulk Vessel Provides Versatile Cargo-Handling System page: 116
- Bender Yard Awarded Contract To Re-power Towboat 'Great America' With S.E.M.T. Pielstick Engines page: 117
- Bayou Black Shipyard Delivers Crewboat And Pusher To Sundance page: 134
- Admiral John M. W i l l - Navy And Merchant Marine Leader-1900-1981 page: 134
