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FMC reviews 15 OTI license applications

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 15 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
   The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Global Logistic Solution Center, Irvine, Calif. (Mamdouh S. Mokhtar, member); ILE Global, Valley Stream, N.Y. (Victor Pezzelato, vice president); Morgan USA Logistics, Syosset, N.Y. (Kit Hui, president); and Speedway USA, Gardena, Calif. (Han C. Kim, secretary)
   The agency received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from American Cargocare, Artesia, Calif. (Nicholas L. Pullen, president); First Cargo Coast Group, Jacksonville, Fla. (Dewey E. Painter, chief operations officer); Full House Logistics, Riverside, Calif. (Stanley J. Jozwiak, president), Graceworld, Hawthorne, Calif. (Tracey Stine, chief financial officer); Nema, Duluth, Ga. (Christopher J. Reilly, vice president); and Seahorse Forwarding, Fort Lee, N.J. (Mary C. Sullivan, vice president).
   The FMC also received ocean freight forwarder license applications from Point Global Logistics, Fairview, N.C. (Gustavo Kolmel, president); and WI Global Link, Miami (Haydn Mitchell, vice president).
   In addition, the agency received applications for changes to qualifying individuals from Dey Cargo Corp., Atlanta (John J. Laird, secretary); and Intergroup Consolidators, Medley, Fla. (Raul E. Rodriguez, president); and to delete trade names American Patriot Lines and Transworld Shipping from Transcon Shipping Co., Los Angeles (Terrence P. Lynch, president).
   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 at (202) 523-5843. Lists of licensed OTIs (applications approved, bonds in place and fully licensed) – both ocean freight forwarders and NVOs – are also 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.