NVO TARGETED FOR VIOLATING FMC CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER

NVO TARGETED FOR VIOLATING FMC CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER    World Line Shipping Inc., a Rancho Dominguez, California-based non-vessel-operating common carriers, is under investigation by the Federal Maritime Commission for violating an agency cease and desist order stemming from a previous investigation.
   The FMC last year found World Line Shipping guilty of violating the 1984 Shipping Act by operating without a bond and tariff. The commission fined the NVO $100,000 and ordered it to cease and desist from operating without a tariff and bond.
   Since the time, the NVO has shipped or agreed to transport household goods and personal effects at least five times, the FMC said.
      The FMC said five shipments were made between Oct. 21 and March 8 on Maersk Sealand and Zim Container Line ships under the names of World Line Shipping and International Shipping and Crating.
   The owner of the company, Sam Bustani, who also goes by the name of Saeid B. Maralan, has embarked on an “extensive advertising” campaign on radio, television and the print media using various names, including Worldwide Cargo Express and World Line Transport, despite the fact that the company does not have a bond and tariff on file with the agency, the FMC said.
   The FMC ordered World Wide Shipping to give reasons why it should not again be found in violation of the shipping act.
   The company was ordered to file its first round of papers with the FMC by May 10. A final ruling will be handed down by the FMC by Dec. 20.