FMC collects $514,500 from civil penalty compromise agreements
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has collected $514,500 in civil penalty compromise agreements from 16 ocean transportation intermediaries, one vessel-operating common carrier and one propriety shipper.
The agency assessed the penalties against these firms for various alleged violations of the 1984 Shipping Act and other commission rules. The FMC said none of the parties admitted guilt to the violations.
The penalized OTIs included both non-vessel-operating common carriers and ocean freight forwarders. They are:
* City Ocean International of Walnut Creek, Calif., $60,000.
* Perfect Express Corp. of Bensenville, Ill., $52,500.
* Global Alliance Logistics (LA) of Inglewood, Calif., $50,000.
* Quality Express USA of Jamaica, N.Y., $45,000.
* Formerica Consolidation Services of Jamaica, N.Y., $25,000.
* Transporte Medrano of Hempstead, N.Y., $25,000.
* Asia Pacific Express Co. Ltd. of Hong Kong, $22,000.
* Almar USA Corp. of Miami, $20,000.
* Elite Shipping of Miami, $20,000.
* Montero Shipping Co. of Bronx, N.Y., $20,000.
* Monumental Shipping & Moving Corp. of East Elmhurst, N.Y., $20,000.
* Williams Caribbean Shipping and Delivery Services of New York, $20,000.
* Robert A. Pfeiffer of Monroe, N.J., $17,500.
* Carga Tica International of Miami, $15,000.
* Cibao Cargo of New York, $15,000.
* Francisco Rodriguez of New York, $15,000.
Frontier Liner Services, the Miami-based vessel-operating common carrier cited for Shipping Act violations, agreed to pay a $55,000 civil penalty, and Woodland Hills, Calif.-based shipper InterWorld Industries agreed to pay a $17,500 civil penalty for its alleged wrongdoing.