Maritime
New official for MARINA
Capt. Herminio P. Estaniel taking his oath before
DOTC Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya.
President Benigno Aquino III
appointed Capt. Herminio P.
Estaniel as Director IV at the
Department of Transportation
and Communications (DOTC),
and subsequently appointed by
the Honorable Joseph Emilio
Aguinaldo Abaya as the MARINA’s
Deputy Administrator for
Regional Concerns. He took his
Oath of Office before Secretary
Abaya on September 5, 2014.
M
ARINA Administrator Maximo
Q Mejia Jr is very pleased to have
Estaniel in his management team
and expressed high confidence on the
latter’s qualifications and competence
in handling regional issues, more
specifically on matters relating to ship safety and the
human element in shipping. Capt. Estaniel said that his
academic background, experience and specialization
will surely be of great service to the maritime
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industry especially to the regional offices which will
be empowered due to the newly delegated sensitive
functions aimed to fully serve the needs of the maritime
community nationwide.
Prior to joining the MARINA, Estaniel served
as a duty master for tanker vessels and a former
General Manager for a ship management company
operating a fleet of tankers. He obtained his BS Marine
Transportation degree major in navigational and
seamanship “With Distinction” from the Philippine
Merchant Marine Academy (PMMA) in 1983. He
earned his Master’s degree specializing in Maritime
Education & Training at the World Maritime University
(WMU) in 1993.
He served in various capacities aboard tankers
as support operational & finally management level
position. He also served as Dean of the Marine
Transportation at the academy and spearheaded the
revamp of the curriculum of Marine Trans to conform
with the STCW leading eventually to inclusion in
CHED’s partial white list.
He has served in MARINA-STCW office since
September 2013 as Consultant and recently as one of
the first Maritime Education and Training Supervising.
He has immensely contributed to MARINA’s
preparatory work and the actual conduct of the
inspection during the last EMSA audit.