FMC reviews 43 OTI license applications

FMC reviews 43 OTI license applications    The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 43 ocean transportation intermediary license applications for review.
   The agency received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Embarque San Miguel, Passiac, N.J. (Berto L. Batista Urena, president); CIF Group International, Miami (Juniette D. Lopez, director); Hyde Express, Medley, Fla. (Alfred C. McNab, manager); CN Worldwide, Montreal (Anita Ernesaks, president); Efuge Corp., Hacienda Heights, Calif. (Beilin Zhao, president); Streamline Trade Management, Jamaica, N.Y. (Zhanming J. Chen, president); Quality One International Shipping Express Corp., Bronx, N.Y. (Patrick Lee, president); Synergy Freightways Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India (Vinod Mani, vice president); SPG Service, Newark, N.J. (Sandra P. Guevara, sole proprietor); GB Ocean, Rowland Heights, N.J. (Bo 'Burton' Qu, president); Vegano Shipping & Multi Services Corp., New York (Pedro Sime, president); Pacific Road Logistics, Lakewood, Calif. (Choong 'Phil' W. Kim, secretary); E-Freight Solutions, South El Monte, Calif. (Joey Tam, president); UPS Ocean Freight Services, Alpharetta, Ga. (Jimmy Crabbe, vice president); Master Moving System, Boynton Beach, Fla. (Hanan Assayag, president); Kenneth Bola Obatusin, Jessup, Md. (Kenneth B. Obatusin, chief executive officer); and Seapack, Miami (Mark G. Kearns, president).
   The FMC received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from Kingscote Freight, Inwood, N.Y. (Jonathan Hales, president); ICT International Cargo Transport (USA), Middleburg Heights, Ohio (Hendrick Rigtering, general manager); Beauty & Logistics Corp., Doral, Fla. (Jean-Francois Blanc, president); Transcontinental Maritime Ltd., Hoffman Estates, Ill. (David Kratt, president); Elite Transportation Services, Portland, Ore. (David DeBoer, vice president); Procargo USA, Doral, Fla. (Marcelo A. Leston, manager); Temma Freight Logistics, Miami (Gregorio Farfan, president); Dakini International Logistics, Auburn, Wash. (Terri L. Danz, director); Airport Clearance Service, Secaucus, N.J. (Brian Posthumus, CEO); Expeditionary Global Logistics, Irving, Texas (Hussen M. Haidar, member); Danesi USA, Miami (Jennifer Suarez, manager); Marshal Freight, Chino, Calif. (Jerick Cortes, CEO); Dedicated Global Carriers, Tampa, Fla. (Danny Mills, vice president); DGS Logistics, Syosset, N.Y. (Patrick Jacob, managing member); Base Ventures Shipping, New Brighton, Minn. (Oluwaseyi Olawore, sole proprietor); James J. Boyle & Co., San Bruno, Calif. (Edward H. Inouye, CEO); Oceanair Forwarding, Jacksonville, Fla. (Martin Pluis, president); Chaucer Freight, Wood Dale, Ill. (Kathy Orzechowski, operations director); Newskin Express, Torrance, Calif. (Soo Jin Rho, president); Ocean Wings Logistics, Houston (Thomas S. Passarra, president); and Navivan Corp. Kenner, La. (Ivan Lopez, president).
   The agency also received ocean freight forwarder license applications from Cabell Export, Ravenel, S.C. (Kathryn E. Hardee, member); Sahbell International Services, Houston (Saheed Bello, sole proprietor); Barinco International Corp., Los Angeles (Kathleen Howden, president); UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Alpharetta, Ga. (Jimmy Crabbe, vice president); and Eriksson Classics, Dickinson, Texas (Niklas Carl-Erik Eriksson, president).
   Persons knowing of any reason why an applicant should not receive an OTI license are urged to contact the FMC's Office of Transportation Intermediaries in Washington at (202) 523-5843.
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Located in the Washington, D.C. area, Chris Gillis primarily reports on regulatory and legislative topics that impact cross-border trade. He joined American Shipper in 1994, shortly after graduating from Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., with a degree in international business and economics.