FMC reviews 29 OTI license applications

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 29 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.    The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 29 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
   The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Ag Source, Heathrow, Fla. (Joseph S. Dowd, manager); Best 4 Shipping, Jamaica, N.Y. (Omolara Omotosho, president); Landseair, Century City, Calif. (Stacy Ong, president); and UQI Shipping, Monterey Park, Calif. (Qihua Wu, chief executive officer).
   The agency received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from Lever Logistics, Torrance, Calif. (Nafiz Akca, member); Master Maritime, Hudson, Wis. (Lawrence “Larry” E. Garaghty, manager); and Seemann Y Cia Ltda USA Corp., Miami (Pablo M. Rodriguez, director).
   The FMC also received ocean freight forwarder license applications from Coco’s International Movers, Miami (Macarena L. Scalia, president); CNG Logistics, Purchase, N.Y. (Simon Preisler, director of logistics); Compass Air-Sea Services, Houston (Ian Sanders-Park, manager); and JP Link, Little Neck, N.Y. (James C. Park, president).
   In addition, the agency received license applications for changes to qualifying individuals from Global Business Link, Baltimore (Abudllah W. Alwasi, president); Goodnight International, Jacksonville, Fla. (Mary J. Mackey, president); HNM Enterprises, Orlando, Fla. (Tony L. McGee, manager); Magnum-Ramstr Cargo, Edison, N.J. (Dilip Ram, president); Mishi International, Doral, Fla. (Acela A. Zorrilla Aguila, director); Paramount Transportation Logistics Services, Ft. Myers, Fla. (Joyce A. Frase, director of maritime operations); Procargo Express, Jamaica, N.Y. (Hyun Joong “Brian” Song, president); Seafair International Logistics, Monterey Park, Calif. (Jiajuanru Hu, vice president); Sifa USA, Doral, Fla. (Kathleen R. Stevens, maritime logistics coordinator); and Universal Logistics Solutions International, Itasca, Ill. (David M. Lucyk, secretary); for name changes to Dachser USA Air & Sea Logistics from Dachser Transport of America, Atlanta (Frank Guenzerodt, director); to Samskip Logistics from Samskip Icepak Logistics, Lynnwood, Wash. (Cindy Zohn, secretary); to Nexterus from TBB Global Logistics, New Freedom, Pa. (Samuel Polakoff, president); and to VTG Tanktainer from VOTG Tanktainer, Hamburg, Germany (Leon V. Bergen, vice president); for the addition of trade names Quality Logistics Solutions from Excomm USA, Tamarac, Fla. (Maria J. Oliveira, president); and Fulltrans Global Lines from Fulltrans Global Forwarding, City of Industry, Calif. (Merlinda V. Tan, chief operating officer); for a business structure change to Omni Logistics LLC from Omni Logistics Inc., Houston (Mark McDowell, manager); and for a transfer to World-Trans International Inc. from World-Trans International, Inc., Parkland, Fla. (Albert D. Fabrikant, director).
   Persons knowing of any reason why an applicant should not receive an OTI license or amendment are urged to contact the FMC’s Office of Transportation Intermediaries in Washington, D.C., at (202) 523-5843. Lists of licensed OTIs (applications approved, bonds in place and fully licensed) — both ocean freight forwarders and NVOs — are also available on the FMC website.