FMC reviews five OTI applications, revokes 12 licenses

FMC reviews five OTI applications, revokes 12 licenses    The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will review five ocean transportation intermediary license applications.
   The agency received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Amoy International, City of Industry, Calif. (Yi Fan Chen, president); Global Association of Forwarders & Shippers. Rancho Dominguez, Calif. (John J. Brown, president); and Castle Shipping Lines, Eagan, Minn. (John T. Andrusko, president).
   The FMC also received an NVO/ocean freight forwarder license application from Continental Shipping, Staten Island, N.Y. (Leonor Antonieta Garcia Balseca, sole proprietor) and an ocean freight forwarder license application from East-West CFS, La Mirada, Calif. (Sherry Wang, 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.
   The FMC revoked 12 OTI licenses for failure to maintain valid bonds. They include AA Shipping, Houston; Alcar International, Miami; Aries International, Franklin Square, N.Y.; Chesapeake Bay Shipping and Warehousing, Baltimore; Global Freight International, Kenwood, Mich.; Global Quality Logistics, Los Angeles; Jet Box Cargo, Miami; Magic Logistics, Miami; R&R Forwarders, Miami; The Copeland Co., Tampa, Fla.; The Norton Line, Long Beach, Calif.; and Universal Express International, Inglewood, Calif.