Find an NVOCC bond number
Search the NVOCC company directory by legal name, trade name, or FMC organization number, open the exact company profile, and read Bonds. Match the bond number with its role, principal name, surety, amount, and effective date. The FMC explains that the surety numbers the bond and marks it for the NVOCC or ocean freight forwarder role.
Read the bond fields
FMC bond records identify the role, bond number, amount, surety, and effective date. The FMC bond program page ↗ explains the Commission's proof-of-financial-responsibility program; the example above shows the values listed for this public record.
Some records provide separate NVOCC and FF entries; others provide one set of bond fields. Empty values remain Not listed in this source, and amounts are formatted without adding a currency that the source did not provide.
Use the dates together
The FMC record date and bond effective date answer different questions. Read both when they are present, then open the exact company record and the source coverage page.
A bond field is a source fact. It is not a rating of service, solvency, safety, approval, or quality.