[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 227 (Tuesday, November 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 66112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29415]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 03-14]


Revocation of Licenses and Order To Discontinue Operations in 
U.S.--Foreign Trades for Failure To Comply With the Requirements of the 
Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998; Notice of Show Cause Proceeding

November 20, 2003.
    Notice is given that, on November 17, 2003, the Federal Maritime 
Commission (``Commission'') served an Order to Show Cause (``Order'') 
on fourteen (14) non-vessel-operating common carrier (``NVOCC'')/ocean 
transportation intermediaries (``OTIs'').
    Commission regulations require that each NVOCC in the United States 
must be licensed and, among other requirements, file a Form FMC-1 
indicating the location of its electronically published tariff. The 14 
NVOCCs listed in the Commission's Order each maintain an OTI license 
issued by the Commission, but have otherwise failed to establish or 
maintain an electronically published tariff and to maintain a current 
Form FMC-1 on file with the Commission. The Commission now proposes to 
revoke the licenses of these NVOCCs for said failures, and to direct 
them to cease and desist from operating in the U.S.-foreign trades.
    The Order directs the 14 NVOCCs to show cause why the Commission 
should not revoke their respective licenses for failure to comply with 
sections 8 and 19 of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. app. Sec.  
1707 and Sec.  1718, as amended, and 46 CFR part 515.
    The Order's full text may be viewed on the Commission's Home page 
at http://www.fmc.gov, or at the Office of the Secretary, Room 1046, 
800 N. Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC. Any person having an 
interest and desiring to intervene in this proceeding shall file a 
petition for leave to intervene in accordance with Rule 72 of the 
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 46 CFR 502.72, and the 
procedural schedule set forth in the Commission's November 17, 2003 
Order.

Bryant L. VanBrakle,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-29415 Filed 11-24-03; 8:45 am]
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