DPI SIGNALS Newsletter VOL. 4 NO. 7 August 2000

July 10, 2000
Volume 4, Number 7
Oakland, California

SIGNALS™ provides detailed information on the regulations and activities of the US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), and related developments in the ocean freight industry. For past issues, please consult our index.

In this issue, we discuss these industry developments:

FMC Terminates Licenses of 130 OTI-Freight Forwarders and NVOCCs
OTI License Numbers Required on Bills of Lading and Documentation

FMC Terminates Licenses of 130 OTI- Freight Forwarders and NVOCCs

The Federal Maritime Commission recently published formal notices in the Federal Register to advise the shipping public that 130 ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) licenses have been terminated. These include both OTI-Freight Forwarders and OTI-NVOCCs; the complete list follows. The FMC terminated most of these OTI licenses because the licensees failed to maintain valid surety bonds for forwarding or NVOCC operations. Licenses surrendered voluntarily to the FMC are so noted. All these licensees are US based organizations.

Due to the large volume of OTI license applications filed since April 1999, the FMC has had difficulty in keeping up with the publication of termination notices, and with the approval process for new applicants. Recently, the Commission's staff completed an audit of its OTI bond records, and this resulted in these termination notices. The Commission's Bureau of Consumer Complaints and Licensing has also audited its records of OTI licenses and NVOCC tariff publications. Additional termination notices as result of this audit are expected shortly.

Four (4) digit license numbers (FMC #) and license numbers ending with the letter "R" are OTI-Freight Forwarders; license numbers ending with "N" are OTI-NVOCCs; license numbers ending with "NF" are for organizations licensed as both ocean freight forwarders and NVOCC. For additional details, including termination dates and addresses please click here FMC License Terminations

FMC #	Legal Name and Trade Name (if any)
4177	5 H Corporation d/b/a International Shipping Inc.
3807	A & M International Service Corp.
4107	A.J. Int'l Cargo, Inc.
4458	AA Freight Forwarders, Inc.
14635N	Aboard Cargo Service, Inc.
3741	Action Forwarding, International Freight, Inc.
4278	Advanced Shipping Agencies, Inc.
4347	Advantage Worldwide Logistics, Inc.
4549	Afsaneh Saei-Oskoei d/b/a Eastern International
16388N	Airgate Int'l (SFO) Corp.
3771	Alex G. Weimer d/b/a AGW International Export Service and Customs Broker
3405	Amber Marine International, Ltd.
8930N	Amber Marine International, Ltd.
15393N	AMCO Cargo Systems, Inc.
3726NF	American Exhibition Services International, Inc.
3324	America's Expresso, Inc.
4194	Arriage & Associates, Inc.
2504	Atlantic International Freight Forwarders, Inc.
14368N	B.W.I. Shippers and Movers Ltd.
2469	Blackstar Transport Services Inc.--Acts

FMC #	Legal Name and Trade Name (if any)
3996	Blue Pacific Services
3969	Blue Sky Blue Sea, Inc. d/b/a International Shipping Company
4611	Boston Logistics, Inc.
15324N	Cargo Management Consultant, USA Inc. (surrendered)
14124N	Cargo Saver, Inc.
1042	Carl Matusek, Inc.
2172	Chenice Freight Services, Inc.
4162	CJC International Services, Inc.
2976	Cole Forwarding, Inc.
3884	Consolidated Incorporated Of Orlando
3265	Cynthia J. Dee d/b/a Midwest Agencies Company (surrendered)
3881	Czop, Inc.
4102	Desert Net, Inc.
1538	Division M, Inc.
4062	DMK International Logistics, Inc.
3908	E & S Shipper, Inc.
13315N	Eagle International Shipping, Inc.
4392	EAS International (USA) Inc.
4013	Eldon D. Spencer d/b/a Ocean Customs Brokers
4385	Elliott C. Penalosa d/b/a EP International Shipping
4434	Express International, Inc.
4625	E-Z Shipping Line Corp.
4493	F Kazma Karen Lee d/b/a Axis Freight Forwardering (surrendered)
3990	F King Yang Shipping, Inc. (surrendered)
3855	Friendly Forwarding Services, Inc.
2489NF	Fuji Logitech America, Inc. (surrendered)
2707	G & J International Corporation
3375	General Air Freight Consolidators, Inc. d/b/a General Ocean Freight Container
4075	Gina T. Fregosi d/b/a Red Hot Transport
4451	Global Marine Services, Inc.
3267	Global Transport Services, Inc.
8850N	Graybar Navigation, Inc.
3540	Gulf International Freight, Inc.
3487	H.P. Blanchard & Co.
4461	Hansa U.S.A. Corp.
2955	Harper International, Incorporated
8504N	Hyun Dae Trucking Co., Inc.
3219	Ice-USA, Inc. d/b/a Viking Shipping
3914	Indigo International, Inc.
4653	Indus Shipping Company Ltd.
3206	Informa International, Ltd.
15468N	Interatlantic Cargo Group Corp.
1417-R	Interconex Transport International, Inc.
2498	Inter-Maritime Forwarding Co. (California) Inc. (surrendered)
FMC #	Legal Name and Trade Name (if any)
15419F	Inter-Maritime Forwarding Co. (San Francisco), Inc. (surrendered)
354F	Inter-Maritime Forwarding Co., Inc. (surrendered)
2499	Inter-Maritime Forwarding Company Florida, Inc. (surrendered)
1348NF	International Cargo Group, Inc. d/b/a ASG USA.
4457	International Forwarding and Logistics Inc.
13581N	International Freight Systems (Of Oregon), Inc.
13101N	International Moving Service, Ltd. d/b/a Tradewinds International Shipping Co.
4460	International Shipping Management U.S.A., Inc.
4570	International Transportation Consultants, Ltd.
2362	J. Hansen International, Inc.
4039	J.B. Rothenberg & Co., Inc. d/b/a/ J.B.R. Shipping
15076N	Jeff Chang d/b/a Kana Logistics.
4040	Joseph Rizzari d/b/a Air Pax
3907NF	Logistics Services Incorporated
4244	Long International Logistics Services, Inc. (surrendered)
3872	Lori Ann Wren d/b/a Export NW
4370	M Ahmed M Hossain d/b/a Gulf Shipping & Trading Group
2477F	M D R Enterprises, Inc.
4345	M H Shipping, Inc.
4288	Magdoleen T. Ierlan d/b/a K & M International Co.
206	Marine Forwarding Company, Incorporated
4418	Martha A. Works d/b/a Unlimited Logistics
4321	Matrix Worldwide, Inc.
3259	MBC Freight Consultants (USA), Inc.
4361	Mi Son Kim d/b/a Hyzoom Express Co.
11333N	Multi-Link Services
4090	Mundus Shipping, Inc.
16146NF	Murphy International Corporation d/b/a Murphy Overseas Corporation (surrendered)
11269N	Navajo Shipping Agency, Inc. d/b/a Africa Mid-East Line d/b/a The Nautilus Line
13936N	Ocean Spanners, Inc.
3399	Oceanbridge Shipping International, Inc.
3031	Osvaldo Marrero d/b/a Professional Services (surrendered)
4643	Overseas Freight Forwarding & Consolidation, Corp.
3196	Palm Beach Forwarding International, Inc.
10380N	Pana-York Maritima, Ltd.
4519	Paul Yoon d/b/a Asian Pacific Logistics
1929-R	Perez International Forwarders, Inc.
4342	Philip Island International Inc.
13589N	Promate Freight Service, Inc.
3228	Rewico America Inc.
4582	Rockets Cargo, Incorporated
16367N	Rosario Antoniello d/b/a Paul Shipping Company
2967	Rutherford International Group Ltd. d/b/a Rutherford Forwarding Co.
4423	S.A. Maritime International, Inc.
15733F	Sari Express, Inc.
FMC #	Legal Name and Trade Name (if any)
3951	Savannah Steamship Company, Inc.
3263	Ship and Strap, Inc.
4000	Skyway Freight Systems, Inc.
14138N	Southern Overseas Express Line, Inc.
4279N	SR International Logistics, LLC d/b/a High Country Maritime
11611N	Sunway International, Inc.
2571	Takashi Uryu d/b/a Central Shipping Company
2134	T-Bird Forwarders, Inc.
4165	Timothy Voit d/b/a S & T Shipping
2503	Trade Winds Forwarding, Inc.
3291	Transit Cargo Services, Inc.
4533	Trans-Ocean International Inc.
2810F	Travel All Over The World, Inc. d/b/a Shipping All Over The World
4218	United Shipping Agent, Inc.
4139	USF Seko Worldwide Inc. (surrendered)
9735N	Vanderhelm International, Inc.
14992N	Venex Transportation Logistics, Inc.
4158F	Winston International, Incorporated. (surrendered)
14415N	Won Sik Kang d/b/a CMS Shipping Co.
4393	Worldserv Transport Corporation
2584	Young S. Kim d/b/a Ace Young Company (surrendered)

OTI License Numbers Required on Bills of Lading and Documentation

Many recently licensed Ocean Transportation Intermediaries (OTIs) are not aware of the FMC requirement to print their OTI license numbers on bills of lading and other shipping documents. FMC licensing regulations (46CFR Part 515.31) require each OTI to include its FMC number along with its legal name, as registered with the FMC, on all shipping documents. Additionally, OTIs are required to permanently imprint their FMC license numbers on office stationery and billing forms. The regulation does not specific exactly where on bills of lading or stationary the FMC-OTI license number should be printed.

The Commission may temporarily waive this requirement for good cause shown if the licensee rubber stamps or types its name and Commission license number on all papers and invoices concerned with any ocean transportation intermediary transaction.

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