Bureau of Certification and Licensing
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The Bureau of Certification and Licensing is a division of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission responsible for overseeing the authorization and regulation of ocean transportation intermediaries and related maritime entities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bureau of Certification and Licensing canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9699321 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bureau of Certification and Licensing Context triple: [United States Federal Maritime Commission, supervises, Bureau of Certification and Licensing]
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A.
Division of Licensing Services
The Division of Licensing Services is a New York State government office responsible for regulating, licensing, and overseeing various professions and occupations within the state.
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B.
Licensing and Registration Division
The Licensing and Registration Division is a unit of Guam’s Department of Revenue and Taxation responsible for administering licenses, permits, and registrations for individuals and businesses on the island.
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C.
Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure
The Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure is a state agency responsible for overseeing and regulating numerous professional licensing boards and ensuring standards of practice across a wide range of occupations in Massachusetts.
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D.
U.S. state licensing boards
U.S. state licensing boards are regulatory agencies that oversee the licensure and professional standards of surveyors and other professionals within their respective states.
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E.
Georgia Professional Licensing Boards Division
The Georgia Professional Licensing Boards Division is a state agency responsible for regulating and licensing a wide range of professional occupations in Georgia to ensure public protection and standards of practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bureau of Certification and Licensing Target entity description: The Bureau of Certification and Licensing is a division of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission responsible for overseeing the authorization and regulation of ocean transportation intermediaries and related maritime entities.
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A.
Division of Licensing Services
The Division of Licensing Services is a New York State government office responsible for regulating, licensing, and overseeing various professions and occupations within the state.
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B.
Licensing and Registration Division
The Licensing and Registration Division is a unit of Guam’s Department of Revenue and Taxation responsible for administering licenses, permits, and registrations for individuals and businesses on the island.
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C.
Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure
The Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure is a state agency responsible for overseeing and regulating numerous professional licensing boards and ensuring standards of practice across a wide range of occupations in Massachusetts.
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D.
U.S. state licensing boards
U.S. state licensing boards are regulatory agencies that oversee the licensure and professional standards of surveyors and other professionals within their respective states.
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E.
Georgia Professional Licensing Boards Division
The Georgia Professional Licensing Boards Division is a state agency responsible for regulating and licensing a wide range of professional occupations in Georgia to ensure public protection and standards of practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bureau
ⓘ
government agency division ⓘ |
| abbreviationContext | often referenced within FMC as BCL ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| ensures | only qualified entities provide ocean transportation intermediary services ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure compliance with U.S. shipping laws by intermediaries
ⓘ
protect shippers using ocean transportation intermediaries ⓘ |
| governmentBranch | executive branch of the United States ⓘ |
| industry | international ocean shipping ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Ocean Shipping Reform Act amendments
ⓘ
linked to:
Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022
Shipping Act of 1984 ⓘ |
| monitors | ongoing qualifications of licensed ocean transportation intermediaries ⓘ |
| oversees |
certification of ocean transportation intermediaries
ⓘ
financial responsibility requirements for regulated entities ⓘ licensing of ocean transportation intermediaries ⓘ registration of certain maritime entities ⓘ |
| parentAgency |
Federal Maritime Commission
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linked to:
United States Federal Maritime Commission
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| partOf |
Federal Maritime Commission
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Federal Maritime Commission
|
| regulates |
NVOCCs
ⓘ
non-vessel-operating common carriers ⓘ ocean freight forwarders ⓘ ocean transportation intermediaries ⓘ |
| regulatoryDomain |
maritime commerce
ⓘ
ocean freight services ⓘ |
| regulatoryScope | international ocean transportation to and from the United States ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
authorization of ocean transportation intermediaries
ⓘ
compliance monitoring of licensed maritime intermediaries ⓘ maintaining records of licensed and registered maritime entities ⓘ processing license applications for ocean transportation intermediaries ⓘ |
| sector | maritime transportation ⓘ |
| typeOfRegulation |
certification regulation
ⓘ
financial responsibility regulation ⓘ licensing regulation ⓘ registration regulation ⓘ |
| worksUnder |
Federal Maritime Commission Office of the Managing Director
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Federal Maritime Commission
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bureau of Certification and Licensing Description of subject: The Bureau of Certification and Licensing is a division of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission responsible for overseeing the authorization and regulation of ocean transportation intermediaries and related maritime entities.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.