October 1, 2025 — The Secretariat of the Navy, through the General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine (CGPMM), informs that today Captain Manuel Fernando Gutiérrez Gallardo handed over the appointment to the new Director General of Ports, Captain María Marisa Abarca Hernández, who, as of October 1, assumes the position.
It should be noted that 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 he has held operational and decision-making positions in the Federal Public Administration, in Port Administrations and Terminals; as Head of the Maritime Traffic Control Center, Protection Officer, Loading Master, he has also sailed on various merchant ships, in deep-sea navigation and cabotage.
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 assignment was as Director of Business Development for the Americas, at Boluda Towage, a leading company in maritime transport and port towing services.
It is important to mention that this appointment is given under the terms established by the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and the laws that derive from it.
