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FMC reviews 21 OTI license applications

Individuals knowing of any reason why an applicant should not receive an OTI license or amendment are urged to contact the FMC’s Office of Transportation Intermediaries.

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 21 ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) license applications and changes for review.
   The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier license application from Airtrans Forwarding Ltd., Ontario, Canada (Henry Kastelyanets, president).
   The agency received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from Allied Logistics Corp., Caguas, Puerto Rico (Jacqueline Rivera-Agosto, freight forwarding supervisor); Citi Freight Logistics, Edison, N.J. (Ajay Jani, president); Globe Forward, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Andrew L. Murray, member); LK Logistics Corp., San Gabriel, Calif. (Yanyi “Vivian” Lin, secretary); Ocean-Air Services, Kenner, La. (Donald Rulh, president); and T&N International Corp., Miami (Anthony N. Patty, president).
   The FMC also received ocean freight forwarder license applications from Fortune Global Ocean Services (USA), Houston (Kimberly D. DeLong, secretary); Naksa Freight Forwarding, Weston, Fla. (Ashok Kitchloo, vice president); New Landing, Green Bay, Wis. (Stephanie L. Boudreau, member); Sammy Shipping, Houston (Samson Ediae, member); and Sea Trade International, Secaucus, N.J. (Zhenggang Zhang, president).
   In addition, the agency received license applications for changes to qualifying individuals from Air One Logistics USA, Compton, Calif. (Kevin Cheung, secretary); CIF Group International, Miami (Chi-Hwa Yang, president); Dolphin International Transportation, City of Industry, Calif. (Hank P. Chou, president); EM-Lines Ltd., Hong Kong (Kennon L. Carter, vice president); LAM USA International Transport, Miami (Arturo R. Alvarez, manager); Natural, Nydegger Transport Corp., New York (Roland P. Campbell, vice president); NorthPoint Forwarding, Riverside, Mo. (Kaitlin Rusbarsky, manager of operations); Sun Fine Systems, City of Industry, Calif. (Chia Lun “Levi” Chang, secretary); and Trans Ocean Bulk Logistics, Pasadena, Texas (Scott Moorad, vice president of regulatory affairs). 
   Persons knowing of any reason why an applicant should not receive an OTI license or amendment are urged to contact the FMC’s Office of Transportation Intermediaries in Washington, D.C. Lists of licensed OTIs (applications approved, bonds in place and fully licensed) — both ocean freight forwarders and NVOs — also are available on the FMC website.

Chris Gillis

Located in the Washington, D.C. area, Chris Gillis primarily reports on regulatory and legislative topics that impact cross-border trade. He joined American Shipper in 1994, shortly after graduating from Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., with a degree in international business and economics.