[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33553-33554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13534]


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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

[Docket No. 14-05]


Huntington International, Inc., JC Horizon Ltd., and Judy Lee--
Possible Violations of The Shipping Act of 1984; Order of Investigation 
and Hearing

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.

DATES: The Order of Investigation and Hearing was served June 4, 2014.

ACTION: Notice of Order of Investigation and Hearing.

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    Authority: 46 U.S.C. 41302.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 4, 2014, the Federal Maritime 
Commission instituted an Order of Investigation and Hearing entitled 
Huntington International, Inc., JC Horizon Ltd., and Judy Lee--Possible 
Violations of Sections 10(a)(1) and 19 of the Shipping Act. Acting 
pursuant to Section 11 of the Shipping Act, 46 U.S.C. 41302, that 
investigation is instituted to determine:
    (1) Whether Huntington International, Inc. violated (a) section 
10(a)(1) of the Shipping Act, 46 U.S.C. 41102(a), and the Commission's 
regulations, 46 CFR 515.41(a), by knowingly and willfully sharing 
compensation or freight forwarding fees with a shipper, thereby 
providing the means through which the shipper obtained transportation 
at less than the rates and charges otherwise applicable; (b) sections 
19(a) and (b) of the Shipping Act, 46 U.S.C. 40901, 40902, by acting as 
an ocean freight forwarder without a license and without filing 
evidence of financial responsibility; (c) section 19(e) of the Shipping 
Act, 46 U.S.C. 40904, and the Commission's regulations, 46 CFR 515.42, 
by collecting freight forwarder compensation for shipments in which the 
company's Chief Financial Officer and Director had a beneficial 
interest;
    (2) whether JC Horizon Ltd. and Judy Lee, an individual, violated 
section 10(a)(1) of the Shipping Act, by knowingly and willfully 
directing

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Huntington International, Inc., an ocean freight forwarder, to transfer 
monies derived from freight forwarder compensation collected from ocean 
carriers on shipments of JC Horizon, or other companies controlled by 
Judy Lee, and thereby obtaining ocean transportation at less than the 
applicable rates and charges; and
    (3) whether, in the event violations of the Shipping Act or the 
Commission's regulations are found, civil penalties should be assessed 
against Huntington International, Inc., JC Horizon Ltd., and/or Judy 
Lee, and, if so, the amount of the penalties to be assessed, and also 
whether appropriate cease and desist orders should be entered.
    The Order may be viewed in its entirety at http://www.fmc.gov/14-05.

Rachel E. Dickon,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-13534 Filed 6-10-14; 8:45 am]
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