FIVE FIRMS APPLY FOR OTI LICENSES

FIVE FIRMS APPLY FOR OTI LICENSES

Five firms have applied to the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission for ocean transportation intermediary licenses.

   CTX Express Inc., of Buena Park, Calif., applied for a license as a non-vessel-operating common carrier.

      Central Global Express Inc., Warren, Mich,; Starwood Inc., Miami; and Baska Logistics and Trading, Miami have applied for authority to operate both as NVOCCs and ocean freight forwarders.

   Compass Shipping Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., applied for a license to operate as an ocean freight forwarder.