FMC LEVIES $732,000 IN FINES FOR ALLEGED SHIPPING ACT VIOLATIONS

FMC LEVIES $732,000 IN FINES FOR ALLEGED SHIPPING ACT VIOLATIONS       The Federal Maritime Commission has reached compromise agreements with 10 ocean transportation intermediaries and shipping lines, recovering $732,000 in fines for alleged violations of the Shipping Act.
   The companies are the amount of fines are:
   * Empresa de Navegacao Alianca of Rio De Janeiro, $290,000.
   * Compania Chilena De Navegacion Interoceanica, a Chilian shipping line, $150,000.
   * Caribbean General Maritime Ltd., an ocean common carrier, based in St. Lucia, $80,000.
   * Cargonauts, an ocean transportation intermediary, based in Miami, $60,000.
   * Maritime Trading Group, a Miami NVOCC, $42,000.
   * Speed Cargo Service, Inc., a Miami-based OTI, $30,000.
   * Miami-based non-vessel-operating common carriers Alexim Trading Corp., Interworld Freight Inc., Express Contgainer Line and Total Marine System, a Miami NVO, paid $20,000 each.