FMC TO REVIEW $1.23-MILLION FINE AGAINST TAIWANESE NVOCC
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has voted to review an initial decision recommending a $1.23-million fine assessed against Universal Logistic Forwarding Co. Ltd. of Taiwan.
FMC administrative law judge Norman D. Kline recommended the fine, citing several violations of the 1984 Shipping Act on 45 occasions in 1998 by improperly using another’s service contract and by failing to charge its filed tariff rates.
Kline said Universal committed the violations “knowingly and willfully” and would likely have committed more offenses than those shown by the evidence in the case.