Director of Surveys, Audits and Port State Control Inspections
Maritime Authority of Peru
Captain Jesus A. Menacho Pierola has worked for more than 20 years at the General Directorate of Captaincies and Coastguards – Maritime Authority of Peru and currently serves as Director of Surveys, Audits and Port State Control Inspections. Prior to this, he held the positions of Chief of Staff at Coastguard Operations Command, Director of International Affairs and IMO, and Director of Policies, Regulations and Integrated Management Systems. He also has vast experience in seafarer matters, having served as the Head of the Seafarers Department within the Directorate, as well as a Maritime Inspector and International Instructor of the ILO Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006).
He has further experience as an IMO IMSAS Auditor, Flag State Statutory Inspector, Port State Control Officer, and ISPS/ISM Lead Auditor. He has been designated by the Director-General of Captaincies and Coastguards – Maritime Authority of Peru as part of the list of competent persons maintained by the IMO Secretary-General pursuant to section A-I/7 of the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code, and he led the team of Auditors in preparation for the EMSA Audit to Peru, on compliance with the STCW Convention. He also acts as the National Focal Point of Peru to IMO Projects GloFouling and GloLitter Partnership Projects.
He has a wealth of teaching experience, including lecturing on Maritime International Affairs and IMO issues for more than 15 years in different nautical academies and universities and acting as Professor of the Special Course on “Naval Surveillance Operations at Sea” at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law of San Remo (IIHL). The IMO recognises him as an International Trainer and External Consultant under the Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme (ITCP) and is an Instructor and Expert Consultant of the Regional Cooperation Operational Network of Maritime Authorities of the Americas (ROCRAM).