CLARIFICATION: License and bond status of NVO CaroTrans International

CLARIFICATION: License and bond status of NVO CaroTrans International    An item in Tuesday’s Shippers’ NewsWire misinterpreted a notice from the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission regarding the license and bond status of non-vessel-operating common carrier CaroTrans International.
   According to the FMC, CaroTrans’ bond expired June 17. FMC rules require automatic revocation of a license when a bond expires. On July 17, the FMC issued an Order of Revocation of CaroTrans’ license. Further, the FMC is required by regulation to publish notice of the revocation of licenses in the Federal Register. The agency sent the notice to the Federal Register on Aug. 4 and it was published Aug. 9.
   The FMC said it received the complete original replacement bond, including the rider (retroactive to June 17) on Aug. 7, which enabled reissuance of CaroTrans’ license. Consistent with the effective date of the bond, CaroTrans’ license was reissued, effective June 18.
   Counsel for CaroTrans contacted the FMC’s Bureau of Certification and Licensing subsequent to procuring a replacement bond asking the bureau to give them something in writing that would show that they were now in compliance with FMC regulations (absent the yet-to-be published Federal Register notice on reissuance of CaroTrans’ license). As a courtesy, Ralph W. Freibert provided CaroTrans with a letter to that effect. Notice of reissuance has yet to appear in the Federal Register, but will soon, the FMC said.