[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 82 (Thursday, April 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 24697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10444]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 00-05]


World Line Shipping, Inc. and Saeid B. Maralan (AKA Sam Bustani); 
Notice of Show Cause Proceeding

    Notice is given that the Commission, on April 20, 2000, served an 
Order to Show Cause on World Line Shipping, Inc. (``World Line 
Shipping''), which was a tariffed and bonded non-vessel-operating 
common carrier (``NVOCC'') until October 21, 1999, and Saeid B. Maralan 
(aka Sam Bustani) (``Bustani''), the president and owner of World Line 
Shipping. The order directs World Line Shipping to show cause why it 
should not be found to have violated section 8 of the Shipping Act of 
1984, (``Shipping Act'') 46 U.S.C. app. section 1707, by acting as a 
NVOCC without a tariff for such service available to the public; World 
Line Shipping and Sam Bustani to show cause why they should not be 
found to have violated section 19(a) of the Shipping Act, 46 U.S.C. 
app. section 1718(a), by acting as ocean transportation intermediaries 
(``OTIs'') without a license issued by the Commission; World Line 
Shipping and Sam Bustani to show cause why they should not be found to 
have violated section 19(b) of the Shipping Act, 46 U.S.C. app. 
1718(b), by acting as OTIs without a bond or other surety filed with 
the Commission; Sam Bustani to show cause why he should not be found to 
have violated the cease and desist orders issued in Docket No. 98-19, 
Saeid B. Maralan et al.--Possible Violations of Sections 8(a)(1), 
10(b)(1), 19(a) and 23(a) of the Shipping Act of 1984, 28 S.R.R. 1244 
(FMC 1999), prohibiting him from acting as an NVOCC without a tariff 
and bond on file with the Commission; Sam Bustani to show cause why he 
should not be found to have violated the cease and desist orders issued 
in Docket No. 98-19, Saeid B. Maralan et al.--Possible Violations of 
Sections 8(a)(1), 10(b)(1), 19(a) and 23(a) of the Shipping Act of 
1984, 28 S.R.R. 1244 (FMC 1999), prohibiting him from using any name 
other that World Line Shipping, Inc. when operating as an NVOCC unless 
and until he registers other d/b/a names in the World Line tariff and 
with the State of California; and World Line Shipping and Sam Bustani 
to show cause why an order should not be issued directing World Line 
Shipping and Sam Bustani to cease and desist from providing or holding 
themselves out to provide transportation as an OTI between the United 
States and a foreign country unless and until such time as World Line 
Shipping or Sam Bustani shall have published a publicly available 
tariff and filed a bond for such service with the Commission. Should 
violations be found, the Commission may refer the proceeding to an 
Administrative Law Judge for the assessment of civil penalties. The 
full text of the Order may be viewed on the Commission's home page at 
www.fmc.gov, or at the Office of the Secretary, Room 1046, 800 N. 
Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC.
    Any person may file a petition for leave to intervene in accordance 
with 46 CFR 502.72.

T.A. Zook,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-10444 Filed 4-26-00; 8:45 am]
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