The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 35 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Cirrus International, Karachi, Pakistan (Umar F. Kazi, chief executive); Flo Logistics, League City, Texas (Bradley Louden, managing member); Intorvolca Logistic, Miami (Javier A. Volcanes, manager/member); Leon Export & Import Services, Miami (Celia Leon, president); Nostrum Freight, Scotch Plains, N.J. (Maria D. Rodriguez Del Real, member); NRL Logistics for International Shipping & Transport Services, Cairo, Egypt, Hany Boshra, chairman); Sigma Trade Logistics Corp., Miami (Joseph R. Caceres, president); Si-Log USA, New York (Francesco Santori, member/manager); Transworld Logistics Group, Piscataway, N.J. (Ziad Barghash, president); Uniway Freight Service, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Ying Fang “Yuki” Yu, director); Worldwide Export International, Hialeah, Fla. (Maria I. Garrido, president); and Zavcor Trucking, Stevensville, Canada (Frederick L. Cratt, vice president).
The agency received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from CMK Logistics Corp., Rancho Dominguez, Calif. (Christine M. Kim, chief executive officer); Final Mile Logistics, Atlanta (Paul Gentzke, vice president); Global Concepts Group, Inglewood, Calif. (Ali Tafaghodi Timaji, president); LF Freight (West), Santa Fe Springs, Calif. (Scott R. Ornstein, vice president); Madi Auto Sales and Shipping, Oldsmar, Fla. (Iman Safa, secretary); Puerto Pireo Corp., Miami Beach, Fla. (Federico M. Rocha, vice president); Ranahan Solutions, Houston (Ryan C. St. Clair, chief marketing officer); Savant Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders, New York (Leonard Satz, president); Universal Relocations, Alpharetta, Ga. (Sai Baba V. Dattani, president); and ZM Logistics, Miami (Vicente Memoli, managing member).
The FMC also received ocean freight forwarder license applications from ADN Logistics Group, Miami (Lourdes P. Goderich, member); ATI Global Cargo, Miami (Alina M. Herrera, president); Mid Atlantic Logistics Unlimited, Columbus, Ohio (Justin D. Carter, assistant secretary of the board); and Starck Industries, Burgettstown, Pa. (Steven Starck, president).
In addition, the agency received applications for changes to qualifying individuals from DMG Logistics, Edison, N.J. (Frank S. Molfetta, president); Miragrown Logistics Corp., Torrance, Calif. (Reyna Ruiz, secretary); and North American Logistics, Barrington, Ill. (Shawn T. Cummings, president); for addition of trade names from I.T.N. Consolidators, Miami (Juan A. Garcia, vice president) for ITN Worldwide; Industrial Connections, Itasca, Ill. (Steven J. Meng, president) for IC-Shipping; and Oceanic Container Line, Staten Island, N.Y. (Kenny W. Whitman, president) for Share Logistics USA; for a transfer from FM Shipping, Westminster, Calif. (Ryan A. Mashaqi, chief executive officer) to FM Cargo Shipping; for a business structure change from Pointer Int’l Forwarders, Inc., Doral, Fla. (Maria A. Ramos, member manager) to Pointer Int’l Forwarders LLC; and for a name change from Royal Global Express, Fullerton, Calif. (James E. Barkley, vice president) to Royal Global Express Inc.
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.