Pick up truck drivers, freight in ports around the country will soon have a new card to carry. The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) provide to any person requires unescorted access to secure areas of Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) facilities authentic. That means you will need the TWIC smart card received in the seaports around the country.
To post a TWIC, you must biographic and biometric information like fingerprints,for a digital photograph and successfully completed a security threat assessment (background check) by the Transportation Safety Administration are carried out (TSA). If you already have on hazardous materials endorsement on your CDL, in the background check was already Dangerous notice for your application. You should check any further background information. These qualify for a reduced registration fee.
Which brings us to the costs for the drivers. You need to pay up to $ 132.50 to your TWICSmart card. If you already have) a qualified background check (background check for your dangerous note, you will pay only $ 105.25. The card is valid for 5 years from the date of background check. Meaning if you already have a dangerous goods have the mandate, the Board for five years from the date you took is to check the background. If you do not already have your hazardous mandate is just the ticket for 5 years from the date of the TWIC background check is valid. The TSA is proposing thatDrivers who had a qualified background check conducted within 12 months before applying for their TWIC pay the reduced fee. If you were to check the background of more than 12 moths ago, they propose paying the full $ 132.50, so that you are renewing a full 5 years before it.
You must comply with Visa / Mastercard, bank transfer or bank draft payable to pay Lockheed Martin.
And do not loose your credentials. A replacement card costs $ 60.
The smart card isissued by the TSA. It is the holder's photo and fingerprint, and a small computer chip in a tamper-proof ID card have. All truck drivers who have access to the ports needed to have their TWIC held until September 2008. Enrollment will ensure phased in across the country to ensure a smooth transition. Enrollment stared back on 16 October for the Port of Delaware. Ports, which are already active enrollment ports of Delaware, Corpus Christi (TX), Baton Rouge (LA), Honolulu (HI), Tacoma (WA), Beaumont (TX), Oakland (CA), Houston (TX), Providence (RI), Chicago / Calumet (IL), Port Arthur (Texas), Savannah (GA), Dundalk / Baltimore (MD), Lake Charles (LA), Minnesota (USA), St. Paul (MN).
TWIC is coming soon in the ports of:
Charleston (SC) - 28 November
Cleveland (OH), Detroit (MI), Port Fourchon (LA) - 29 November
Boston (MA) - 30 November
Brownsville (TX), Mobile (AL) - 5 December
Brunswick (GA), Milwaukee (WI) - 12 December
> Philadelphia (PA) - 13 December
In addition to the truck drivers, port employees, longshoremen and merchant sailors who have TWIC cards. The TSA estimates that one million people have the credentials by the time the program goes into effect.
For more information on the TWIC program is available on the Homeland Security website or call 1-866-DHS-TWIC (1-866-347-8942).
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