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FMC reviews 15 OTI license applications

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 15 license applications and changes for review.
   The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Alltransport International Logistics, Long Beach, Calif. (Stephen A. Taub, president); Ask-Ark, Leesburg, Va. (Alphonso D. Nettles, president); International Shipping Lines, Toronto, Canada (Kamran Shaikh, president); Oceania Logistics, Flushing, N.Y. (Jian Ying Du, vice president); South West Caribbean International Shipping, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Marcia Brown, president); Sprint Global, Cary, N.C. (Jagadeeswari Chandramouleeswaran, president); and Trans-Force Marine, Doral, Fla. (Victor Del Castillo, president).
   The agency received ocean freight forwarder license applications from Ayalex, Woodbridge, Va. (Alexandre Ayanou, manager); Falcone Global Solutions, Smyrna, Ga. (John B. Falcone, chief solutions officer); and Norton Lilly Logistics, Mobile, Ala. (Horace W. Thurber IV, president).
   The FMC also received applications for a change to qualifying individual from American Global Logistics, Atlanta (Chad Rosenberg, president); C. Hartwig Gdynia, Gdynia, Poland (Anna Zadroga, customer service manager); Crowley Logistics, Jacksonville, Fla. (John G. Smith, OTI compliance officer and product logistics manager); and Inter-Jet Ocean Transport, Sayreville, N.J. (Tina J. Okragly, vice president); and for a license transfer from Foothills Logistics, Greer, S.C. (William A. Pottow, vice 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.

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.