Last month BIS added a new entry to the Hall of Shame: the BIS listing of export violations. The entry was for a case brought against Olympiad Lines LLC, an “NVOCC” in maritime speak (i.e., a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier, which is a company which resells space on boats owned by others). This was the first time I had seen an export violation alleged against an NVOCC, so it was with considerable interest that I clicked the link, only to find that it was broken.

Not being easily deterred, I sent a message to BIS on the page which they set up to report web site problems. That neither garnered a response or a page fix, which remains broken several weeks later. So now we can only ponder what an NVOCC did to get themselves in trouble. And why no one at BIS apparently pays any attention to their own website.

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