11198 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 47 / Tuesday, March 11, 1997 / Notices

1 Goldline currently operates under the name

Comm-Sino Ltd. but has adopted numerous

pseudonyms in the past, including Harvesta Ltd.,

Gain Sharp Trading, Truest Ltd., Vastmas Intl. Ltd.

and Wellsources Ltd. A formal investigation, FMC

Docket No. 96–19, is presently underway as to

Comm-Sino, alleging violations of sections 10(a)(1)

and 10(b)(1).

2Based on import data available from the PIERS

subsidiary of the Journal of Commerce, Ever Freight

has acted as shipper on over 1100 inbound

shipments during the nine month period ending

November 1996, accounting for nearly 2700 TEUs

of cargo. PIERS reports that the primary ocean

common carriers transporting cargo on behalf of

Ever Freight are Sea-Land and Hanjin Shipping,

which together account for 95% of the total tonnage

moved during this period. More than 200 of these

shipments originated during the months of March–

June 1996, at a time when Ever Freight did not yet

have any tariff rates effective for its NVOCC

services.

Commission pertaining to the licensing

of ocean freight forwarders, effective on

the corresponding revocation dates

shown below:

License Number: 2773.

Name: Ben & Brothers Forwarding

Corp.

Address: 901 Castle Road, Secaucus,

NJ 07094.

Date Revoked: January 22, 1997.

Reason: Failed to maintain a valid

surety bond.

License Number: 3319.

Name: SBR International Corp.

Address: 1425 N.W. 88th Avenue, 1st

Floor, Miami, FL 33172.

Date Revoked: January 29, 1997.

Reason: Failed to maintain a valid

surety bond.

License Number: 2330.

Name: Leslie David Lewis d/b/a Les

Lewis.

Address: 1010 East Dallas Road,

Grapevine, TX 76051.

Date Revoked: January 30, 1997.

Reason: Surrendered license

voluntarily.

License Number: 437.

Name: Leading Forwarders, Inc.

Address: 2975 Kennedy Blvd., Jersey

City, NJ 07306.

Date Revoked: February 10, 1997.

Reason: Surrendered license

voluntarily.

Bryant L. Van Brakle,

Director, Bureau of Tariffs, Certification and

Licensing.

[FR Doc. 97–5953 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573.

Transglobal Solutions, 1808 Arlington

Avenue, Torrance, CA 90501, Jin

Miyamoto, Managing Partner, William

Robert Parkinson, Partner, Jerry Lee

Russell, Jr., Partner

International Transportation Services,

Inc., 573 S.W. 169th Avenue, Fort

Lauderdale, FL 33326, Officer: Steve

M. Snyder, President

Hanover Shipping Corporation, 1 Gina

Court, East Hanover, NJ 07936

Officers: Rohini Kumar Vemula,

President, Divyajyothi R. Vemula,

Director

Albany Freight, Inc., 5245 N.W. 36

Street, Suite 230, Miami Springs, FL

33166, Officer: Caridad C. Gonzalez,

President

Dated: March 5, 1997.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–5954 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

[Docket No. 97–04]

Ever Freight International Ltd., Sigma

Express Inc., and Mario F. Chavarria

dba Transcargo Intl.—Possible

Violations of Sections 10(a)(1) and

10(b)(1) of the Shipping Act of 1984;

Order of Investigation and Hearing

Ever Freight International Ltd. (‘‘Ever

Freight’’) is a tariffed and bonded nonvessel-operating common carrier

(NVOCC) located at 18th Floor, Kam

Sang Building, 255–257 Des Voeux

Road Central, Sheung Wan in Hong

Kong. Ever Freight holds itself out as an

NVOCC pursuant to its ATFI tariff FMC

No. 001, filed June 17, 1996.

Ever Freight currently maintains an

NVOCC bond, No. 8941414, in the

amount of $50,000 with the Washington

International Insurance Company,

located in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Pursuant to Rule 24 of Ever Freight’s

tariff, Washington International

Insurance Company also serves as the

U.S. resident agent for purposes of

receiving service of process on behalf of

Ever Freight International Ltd.

Ever Freight is believed to have been

established by former employees of

Goldline Ltd., an NVOCC which has

operated without a tariff or bond since

May 1995.1 Likewise, Ever Freight is

believed to have operated as an NVOCC

from March 1996 through June 16, 1996

without benefit of the bond or tariff

required by the 1984 Act. During that

period and at times subsequent to the

filing of its tariff and bond, Ever Freight

participated in numerous apparent acts

of misdescription of cargo on shipments

from Hong Kong to the U.S., in concert

with U.S. consignees Sigma Express Inc.

and Mario F. Chavarria d/b/a/

Transcargo International, among others.

Respondent Sigma Express Inc.

(‘‘Sigma Express’’) is a tariffed and

bonded NVOCC located at 11222 La

Cienaga Blvd., Suite 330, Inglewood,

California 90304. The President of

Sigma Express is Echo Tsai. As relevant

herein, Sigma Express acts as the U.S.

consignee and notify party on certain

inbound NVOCC shipments from Ever

Freight.

Respondent Mario F. Chavarria is a

licensed ocean freight forwarder (FMC

license No. 4175) and a tariffed and

bonded NVOCC doing business as

Transcargo International (‘‘Transcargo’’).

Transcargo’s offices are located at 5155

Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 110,

Hawthorne, California 90250. As

relevant herein, Transcargo acts as the

U.S. consignee and notify party on

certain inbound NVOCC shipments

from Ever Freight.

It appears that Ever Freight, acting as

shipper in relation to an ocean common

carrier, misdescribed the commodity on

numerous shipments transported by an

ocean common carrier between March 1,

1996 and December 31, 1996.2 The

shipments primarily originated in Hong

Kong, and were destined for Los

Angeles and other U.S. ports and points.

In each of these instances, Ever Freight

was listed as shipper on the ocean

carrier’s bill of lading, and Ever Freight

destination agents in the U.S., including

respondents Sigma Express and

Transcargo, acted as the consignee or

notify party. Each shipment generally

reflects that an Ever Freight ‘‘house’’, or

NVOCC, bill of lading was issued for

tender by the ultimate consignee to Ever

Freight’s agent upon arrival of the cargo

at destination, which correctly describes

the commodity shipped.

It further appears that the ocean

common carrier rated the commodities

in accordance with the inaccurate

description furnished by Ever Freight,

while the U.S. consignees of Ever

Freight’s shipments accepted delivery of

the cargo and made payment to the

ocean common carrier on the basis of

the lower rate attributable to the

inaccurate commodity description.

Contemporaneous with the payment of

any freight due to the ocean common

carrier, Ever Freight’s agents in the U.S

also would issue arrival notices and