[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 147 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41050-41051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20112]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 97-14]


Notice of Filing of Petition for Declaration Order

    In the matter of Surety Bond coverage of non-vessel operating 
common carrier activities.

    Notice is given that a petition for declaratory order has been 
filed by Intercargo Insurance Company, Inc., seeking that the Federal 
Maritime Commission terminate a controversy and remove any uncertainty 
which may exist with respect to: (a) Whether a non-vessel-operating 
common carrier (``NVOCC'') surety bond covers claims for unpaid freight 
charges on a shipment when the NVOCC principal to an NVOCC bond acts as 
a forwarding agent on behalf of a disclosed shipper, and not a as a 
shipper or common carrier, and (b) whether a surety is entitled to 
review

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a default judgment--or any judgment not defended by the NVOCC or its 
surety--to determine whether a claim is within the scope of the bond.
    Interested persons may inspect and obtain a copy of the petition at 
the Office of the Secretary, Room 1046, Federal Maritime Commission, 
800 North Capital Street, NW., Washington, DC 20573-0001. Interested 
persons may reply to the petition by submitting an original and 15 
copies of the reply to the Secretary, at the above address, on or 
before August 25, 1997. A copy of the reply also shall be served on 
petitioner's attorney, Henry P. Gonzalez, Esq., Carlos Rodriguez & 
Associates, 1710 Rhode Island Ave., NW., Tenth Floor, Washington, DC 
20036, and on counsel for Wilhelmsen Lines A/S, Alan Nakazawa, Esq., 
Williams Wooley Cogswell Nakazawa & Russell, 111 West Ocean Boulevard, 
Suite 2000, Long Beach, California 90802-4614. Replies shall contain 
the complete factual and legal presentation of the replying party as to 
the desired resolution of the petition (See 46 CFR 502.68(d)).
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-20112 Filed 7-30-97; 8:45 am]
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