FMC reviews 14 OTI applications, revokes 16 licenses

FMC reviews 14 OTI applications, revokes 16 licenses    The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will review 14 ocean transportation intermediary license applications for approval.
   The agency received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Caribbean Express Shipping Co., Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., Chijioki Azuogu, president; R&S Trading, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, Carlos Sanchez, owner; Air Trans Logistics (USA), Jamaica, N.Y., Yim Chi Wong, vice president; Sta. Lucia Cargo, Oxnard, Calif., Paulino J. Gerardo, chief financial officer; and New Cargo Express Corp., S. Ozone Park, N.Y., Estervina Rodriguez, president.
   The FMC received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from Skysea Freight International USA, Elk Grove Village, Ill., Sherry Lynn Gocal, member manager; Global Express Shipping & Delivery, Lawrenceville, Ga., Alfred M. Khannu, president/chairman; Freight Systems, Jamaica, N.Y., David Phillips, president; Consolidated Shipping Line, New York, Albert Panelli, vice president; and Barrow Freight System, Fairfield, Calif., David Wang, vice president.
   The agency also received ocean freight forwarder license applications from Argo Cargo, Miramar, Fla., Daniel F. Murray III, president; International Freight Experts, Bradenton, Fla., Christine Ann Aron, president; Gorham Export Packing, Houston, Gerson D. Sosa, managing director; and Globe Express International, Cerritos, Calif., Linne D. Flores, president.
   Persons knowing of any reason why an applicant should not receive a license are urged to contact the FMC’s Office of Transportation Intermediaries in Washington at (202) 523-5843.
   The FMC revoked 16 OTI licenses for failure to maintain valid bonds. These firms are All-Cargo Express, Coral Springs, Fla.; Compass Shipping, Brooklyn, N.Y.; David K. Lindemuth Co., South San Francisco, Calif.; DRW Transportation Services, North Little Rock, Ark.; Eugenia Shilling Shaw, San Mateo, Calif.; Global Container Line, Miami; Jury Trans, Miami; MTL Worldwide Agency, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Piscataqua Global Logistics, Greenland, N.H.; Reliable Overseas Shipping & Trading, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Shanghai Aaron Shipping & Enterprises, Belmont, Calif.; Straightline Logistics, Jamaica, N.Y.; U.S. International Forwarding Agency, Miami; Vladimir G. Manegdeg, Santa Cruz, Calif.; World Cargo Corp., Miami; and Zust Bachmeier of Switzerland, Baltimore.