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FMC reviews 16 OTI license applications

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 16 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. 
   The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier/ocean freight forwarder license applications from 721 Logistics, Lester, Pa. (Lawrence Antonucci, member); and Royal Port Container Lines, South Plainfield, N.J. (Muhammad M. Bhati, director). 
   The agency also received ocean freight forwarder license applications from Acme International Auto Transport, Lewisville, Texas (Coburn S. Cutshall, director of international division); Global Voyage, Orlando, Fla. (Jocelyn Kassem, manager); HJM Int’l Corp., Jamaica, N.Y. (Henry Mandil, president); Impex Trans-port, Jacksonville, Fla. (David D. Kudley, president); OK to Ship, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Choua Mandil, president); Randi Moreau-Sipiere, Como, Texas (Randi Moreau-Sipiere, sole proprietor); and TKL Logistics, Azle, Texas (Terry L. Locke, president).  
   In addition, the FMC received applications for changes to a qualifying individual from A-Sonic Logistics (USA), Valley Stream, N.Y. (Cheng Y. Lai, secretary); Cala Distribution, Miami (Maria J. Cabreja, operations manager); Den Hartogh Americas, Pasadena, Texas (Brenda Gonzalez, vice president); and Horizon Lines of Guam, Charlotte, N.C. (Geoffrey Thurston, vice president); for the addition of trade names from Aya Logistics, Elk Grove Village, Ill. (Yan P. Meng, treasurer) of City Union Logistics Co. and A. Yuan Logistics; and for name changes from Korea Express U.S.A., Secaucus, Calif. (Tony Chon, assistant secretary) to CJ Korea Express U.S.A.; and Venetech, Miami (Juan C. Tovar, president) to Trending Exports.
   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., 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.