[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30101]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 97-20]


Shipco Transport, Inc. v. Mr. Syed N. Shirazi a/k/a Mr. Bobby 
Shaida and American Packers & Shippers, Inc. and Homebound 
International Shipping, Inc.; Notice of Filing of Complaint and 
Assignment

    Notice is given that a complaint filed by Shipco Transport, Inc., 
(``Complainant'') against Mr. Syed N. Shirazi aka MR. Bobby Shaida and 
American Packers & Shippers, Inc. and Homebound International Shipping, 
Inc. (``Respondents'') was served November 10, 1997. Complainant 
alleges that Respondents have violated sections 8(a), 10(a)(1), 19(a) 
and (d)(1), and 23(a) of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. app. 
Sections 1707(a), 1709(a)(1), 1718(a) and (d)(1), and 1721(a), by 
contracting for Complainant to provide ocean transport on three ships 
from Los Angeles to destinations in the United Kingdom and Germany; 
issuing checks in payments for the transport that were returned for 
insufficient funds, in order to fraudulently secure the release of 
cargo and cause Complainant to lose its lien; failing to remit ocean 
freight and charges due despite repeated demands for payment; acting as 
a non-vessel operating common carrier without a tariff or bond; and 
acting as a freight forwarder without a Federal Maritime Commission 
license or bond.
    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 November 
10, 1998, and the final decision of the Commission shall be issued by 
March 10, 1999.
Joseph C. Polking,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-30101 Filed 11-14-97; 8:45 am]
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