FMC LEVIES $732,000 IN FINES FOR ALLEGED SHIPPING ACT VIOLATIONS
The Federal Maritime Commission has reached compromise agreements with 10 ocean transportation intermediaries and shipping lines, recovering $732,000 in fines for alleged violations of the Shipping Act.
The companies are the amount of fines are:
* Empresa de Navegacao Alianca of Rio De Janeiro, $290,000.
* Compania Chilena De Navegacion Interoceanica, a Chilian shipping line, $150,000.
* Caribbean General Maritime Ltd., an ocean common carrier, based in St. Lucia, $80,000.
* Cargonauts, an ocean transportation intermediary, based in Miami, $60,000.
* Maritime Trading Group, a Miami NVOCC, $42,000.
* Speed Cargo Service, Inc., a Miami-based OTI, $30,000.
* Miami-based non-vessel-operating common carriers Alexim Trading Corp., Interworld Freight Inc., Express Contgainer Line and Total Marine System, a Miami NVO, paid $20,000 each.