The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 34 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 34 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Calausan Trading & Logistic, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (Manuel Santiago, member); Penske Logistics, Reading, Pa. (Timothy J. Cotter, director of international freight management); Penske Transportation Management, Reading, Pa. (Timothy J. Cotter, director of international freight management); TIJ Freight Service USA, Temple City, Calif. (Ting Zhu, secretary); and Watco Supply Chain Services International, Springdale, Ark. (Eric L. Wolfe, president).
The agency received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from JIL Group USA, La Puente, Calif. (Lawrence Change, chief executive officer); Lirba, Miami, Fla. (Leonides Herrera, manager); Pathfinder Project Logistics, The Woodlands, Texas (Jianjun Wang, vice president); Bee Imagine Logistics, Irwindale, Calif. (Hanne Jeppsson, vice president); First Eagle Logistics, Springfield, Va. (Norma Ghanem, president); International Associates, Barrington, Ill. (David P. Kratt, president); Onboard Logistics USA, Miami, Fla. (Pablo R. Varela, vice president); Nautica Shipping, Boca Raton, Fla. (Asim Fareed, director); Proforwarding International, South El Monte, Calif. (Fay Cheng, director); and Speedy Line, City of Industry, Calif. (Tiff Voong, secretary).
The FMC also received ocean freight forwarder license applications from Breakwater Forwarding, Cumming, Ga. (Jane M. Stephens, member); DOF Cargo, Miami, Fla. (Rafael E. Garcia, president); and Lina Jin, Torrance, Calif. (Lina Jin, sole proprietor).
In addition, the agency received license applications for changes to qualifying individuals from A&A Contract Customs Brokers USA, Blaine, Wash. (Donna J. Olson, vice president); Expert Log, Miami, Fla. (Denise Leinig, manager); Radiant Global Logistics, Bellevue, Wash. (Peter Moe, vice president of ocean services); Unique Logistics International, Atlanta, Ga. (Robert C. Shaver, member); AFS Advantage, Shreveport, La. (Leslie Smalley, operations officer); Brilliant Group Logistics Corp., Valley Stream, N.Y. (Lei Fang, secretary of vice president); Cargo Infinity USA, Rosemead, Calif. (Gregory Shiu, president); Estes Forwarding Worldwide, Richmond, Va. (Jerome J. Walick, vice president of global services); GKN Freight Services, Van Wert, Ohio (Karthik Ganesh, assistant secretary); Herco Freight Forwarders, Miami, Fla. (Alexander Hoyos, secretary); Icontainers (USA), Miami, Fla. (Klaus Lysdal, vice president of sales and operations); Santa Fe Group Americas, Houston, Texas (Gina M. Bacon, vice president); Unitrans-PRA Co., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Vladimir Lysogorsky, secretary); and UT Freight Forwarders, Jamaica, N.Y. (Chi-Hui Hwang, director); for the addition of trade name Smart Logistics Networks from Apecs Logistics, Buena Park, Calif. (Jou An Kim, president); and for a name change to Vantec Hitachi Transport System (USA) from Vantec Worldwide Transport (USA), Torrance, Calif. (Yoshiaki Naga, FMC license qualifying officer).
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.
FMC reviews 34 OTI license applications
