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New Director General of Ports for Mexico announced Head of the Maritime Traffic Control Center, Protection Officer, Loading Master, she has also sailed on various merchant ships, in deep-sea navigation and cabotage.
T he Secretariat of the Navy, through the General Coordi- nation of Ports and Merchant Marine (CGPMM), announced that Captain Manuel Fernando Gutiérrez Gallardo has overseen the appoint- ment of Captain María Marisa Abarca Hernández as the new Director General of Ports, effective October 1. Captain Abarca studied at the Merchant Nautical School of Tampico, completed a Specialty in Management of Educational Institutions at the Universidad Panamericana and has more than 30 years of experience in the Merchant Navy in the areas of maritime transport and ports; since 2007 she has held operational and decision-making positions in the Federal Public Administration, in Port Administrations and Terminals; as Congratulations to the Port Authority of Guam on 50 years of Port Strong! T he Association of Pacific Ports extends heartfelt congratula- tions to the Port Authority of Guam on the celebration of their 50 th Anniversary Established as an autonomous agency in 1975, Guam’s commercial seaport has grown from modest facilities into the island’s lifeline, maintaining oper- ations through typhoons and global disruptions while supporting Indo- Pacific readiness.
With regard to the Secretariat of the Navy, she served as Executive Director of Maritime Port Priority Projects, attached to the General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine, and in the General Directorate of Ports itself, serving as responsible for the attributions as Port Authority in the more than 11 thousand kilometers of coastline in Mexico. 103 ports and 15 terminals enabled. Her last assign- ment was as Director of Business Development for the Americas, at Boluda Towage, a leading company in maritime transport and port towing services.
Captain María Marisa Abarca Hernández
This appointment is given under the terms established by the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and the laws that are derived from it.
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