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FMC reviews 26 OTI license applications

FMC reviews 26 OTI license applications

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 26 ocean transportation intermediary license applications for review.

   The agency received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Radiant Global Logistics, Bellevue, Wash. (Bohn H. Crain, president); Major Consolidation Logistics, Jamaica, N.Y. (Wei-Dong Lu, president); PB Direct Corp., Honolulu (Emiko K. Singh, president); EP Standard, Montclair, N.J. (Egils Abolins, president); ICG Worldwide, Chelsea, Mass. (Paul Reardon, director); Link Lines Logistics, Lincoln Park, N.J. (Charles B. Audi, president); Freight Forwarding Network Corp., Doral, Fla. (Sergio I. Lotero, president); Overseas Transport USA Corp., Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Paolo Caropreso, director); and Magna Logistics, Miami (Orlando Tavio, president).

   The FMC received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from Reliable Shipping Services, Valley Stream, N.Y. (Eleonora L. Chiavelli, president); Dice Worldwide Logistics, Miami (Bernard S. Tcharchefdjian, president); Freights USA, Houston (Hanaa Hussein, president); Apollo International Forwarders, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Armando J. Gomez, president); NC Cargo, Miami (Lorenzo J. Colina, managing member); Mega Supply Chain Solutions, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Karen A. Pelle, chief executive officer); TTS Worldwide, Indianapolis (Nobuyuki Suzuki, president); International Shipping Network Line, Boise, Idaho (Bryan Treadwell, manager); Cayman Consolidators, Miami (Alberto Diaz Rodriguez, president); Lozada Corp., Falls Church, Va. (Cesar Montecinos, president); Trips Logistics Corp., Methuen, Mass. (Amale S. Najjar, president); Global Container Line, Seattle (Jason Totah, president); Barthco International, Philadelphia (Scott McWilliams, CEO); and Mallory Alexander International, Charleston, S.C. (W. Neely Mallory Jr., CEO).

   The agency also received ocean freight forwarder license applications from Jeffrey Raymond Sewell, Palm Desert, Calif. (Jeffery R. Sewell, sole proprietor); Razak Logistics, Murrieta, Calif. (Farhan Qureshi, president); and U.S. Africa Freight, Orlando, Fla. (Neil E. Barclay, director).

   Persons knowing of any reason why an applicant should not receive an OTI license 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.