[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 129 (Thursday, July 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16851]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 01-07]


Tignes, Inc.--Application for a License as an Ocean 
Transportation Intermediary

    Notice is given that on June 25, 2001, the Federal Maritime 
Commission served an Order of Investigation to determine whether 
Tignes, Inc. is qualified by the experience and character standards of 
section 19 of the Shipping Act of 1984 to be licensed to render 
services as an Ocean Transportation Intermediary (``OTI'').
    Tignes submitted an application for a license as an OTI to operate 
as a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (``NVOCC''). Sergio Lemme is 
identified in the application as Tignes' Qualifying Individual, as well 
as its President and sole owner. On April 30, 2001, the Commission sent 
a letter of intent to deny the license application to Tignes pursuant 
to 46 CFR 515.15. The letter of intent to deny was based upon a staff 
determination that Tignes and Mr. Lemme did not have the experience or 
character necessary to perform OTI services. The staff made this 
determination based on admitted violations of the 1984 Act in FMC 
Docket No. 99-20, GSTAAD, Inc. and Sergio Lemme Possible Violations of 
Section 10(a)(1) of the Shipping Act of 1984, and indications that 
GSTAAD, continued to solicit new business after approval of the 
settlement agreement by the ALJ in Docket No. 99-20. The staff also 
found indications that Southern Group, of which Mr. Lemme is President 
and Owner, provided NVOCC services without a license and that 
materially false and misleading statements were made with respect to 
Tignes' OTI application. As entitled by 46 CFR 515.15, Tignes, through 
counsel, requested a hearing on the proposed denial of its license 
application. The Commission issued the Order of Investigation in Docket 
No. 01-07 in response to this request. The full text of the 
Commission's Order of Investigation can be found on the Commission's 
homepage at www.fmc.gov.

Bryant L. VanBrakle,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-16851 Filed 7-3-01; 8:45 am]
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