Edwin J. Roland Jr. has been elected vice president of The Coastal Corporation, a Houston-based energy supply company. He will be responsible for Coastal's marine operations, which include owned, time-chartered and spot-chartered tankers. The combined deadweight tonnage of the 18 vessels currently in Coastal's service is about 1.8-million tons.

Prior to joining Coastal, Mr. Roland was manager of vessel trading and traffic for Conoco, Inc. During his eight years with that company, he also served as technical director and later as manager of marine engineering in Connecticut before moving to Houston.