[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 25169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10147]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 12-06]


Shipco Transport Inc. v. Jem Logistics, Inc., and Andi Georgescu, 
an Individual and D/B/A Jem Logistics, Inc.; Notice of Filing of 
Complaint and Assignment

    Notice is given that a complaint has been filed with the Federal 
Maritime Commission (Commission) by Shipco Transport Inc. (Shipco), 
hereinafter ``Complainant,'' against Jem Logistics, Inc., and Andi 
Georgescu, an individual and doing business as Jem Logistics, Inc., 
hereinafter ``Respondents.'' Complainant asserts that it is a non-
vessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC) licensed by the FMC and 
incorporated in the State of New Jersey. Complainant alleges that 
Respondent Jem Logistics, Inc. is a corporation incorporated in the 
State of California and that Respondent Andi Georgescu is a resident of 
California and principal owner and president of Jem Logistics.
    Complainant alleges that Respondent ``Jem Logistics misrepresented 
to Shipco * * * that it was, in fact, an FMC-licensed NVOCC,'' but that 
``Jem Logistics was not the NVOCC it purported to be, and is not now 
nor was it at any time herein mentioned licensed by the Federal 
Maritime Commission (FMC).'' Complainant alleges that Respondents 
``falsely used the name of a licensed and bonded NVOCC, Aromark 
Shipping LLC (Aromark).'' Complainant also alleges that Respondents 
failed to pay Complainant for shipment of a vehicle after the cargo was 
abandoned.
    Therefore Complainant alleges that Respondent has violated 46 
U.S.C. 40901 and 40902 by its failure to be licensed and bonded and 46 
U.S.C. 41102, ``by attempting to obtain Shipco shipping services 
relating to freight charges without paying for demurrage and removal of 
cargo upon abandonment in the absence of a bond to secure Respondent's 
payment.''
    Complainant requests that the Commission order Respondents to 
''make reparations to Complainant Shipco in the amount of $15,872.90 
for failure to pay demurrage and disposal of the abandoned cargo'' as 
well as attorney's fees and expenses and ``six per cent interest on 
amounts consisting of demurrage and disposal of cargo together with 
additional interest provided by law.'' The full text of the complaint 
can be found in the Commission's Electronic Reading Room at 
www.fmc.gov.
    This proceeding has been assigned to the Office of Administrative 
Law Judges. Hearing in this matter, if any is held, shall commence 
within the time limitations prescribed in 46 CFR 502.61, and only after 
consideration has been given by the parties and the presiding officer 
to the use of alternative forms of dispute resolution. The hearing 
shall include oral testimony and cross-examination in the discretion of 
the presiding officer only upon proper showing that there are genuine 
issues of material fact that cannot be resolved on the basis of sworn 
statements, affidavits, depositions, or other documents or that the 
nature of the matter in issue is such that an oral hearing and cross-
examination are necessary for the development of an adequate record. 
Pursuant to the further terms of 46 CFR 502.61, the initial decision of 
the presiding officer in this proceeding shall be issued by April 23, 
2013 and the final decision of the Commission shall be issued by August 
21, 2013.

Karen V. Gregory,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-10147 Filed 4-26-12; 8:45 am]
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