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 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 applications from Complete Carriers, Albany, Ga. (Whitcomb R. Barnhill III, chief executive member); Lozistar, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Rack J. Chung, president); Sealand Logistics Spolka z organiczona Odpowiedzialnoscia, Gydnia, Poland (Sobieslaw Marosz, member/manager); and Transworld Cargo, Jamaica, N.Y. (Muhammad I. Bhatti, vice president).
   The agency received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from AXIS Worldwide Supply Chain & Logistics, Chesterfield, Mo. (Chris B. Rowland, secretary); GNEC Export, Miami (Guadalupe A. Cassis, managing member); Inter Oceans Freight, Weston, Fla. (Luis M. Cabrera Daza, managing member); Manheim Global Trader, Atlanta (Francis “Frank” L. Kaliner, trade compliance officer); and Taino Express Courier Freight and Forwarding Corp., Miami (Roxana Chavarriaga, vice president).
   The FMC also received ocean freight forwarder licence applications from AMR Group, Las Vegas (Chris Ray, president); Cyclone Global Logistics, Long Beach, Calif. (Jason W. Hurrell, general manager); and Island Barrels, Chicago (Christina Horton, member).
   In addition, the agency received applications for transfers from K&K Express, Plymouth, Minn. (Deborah England, vice president of international business) to MVP Logistics; and Washington Movers, District Heights, Md. (Norma Ghanem, president) to Washington Movers International; for a name change from Baggio USA, Houston (Marco Maraschin, assistant secretary) to Baggio USA Inc.; and for the addition of trade name Seagate Container Line from Transworld Shipping (USA), Long Beach, Calif. (Bjoern Pelzer, secretary).
   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.