TWIC * USA - Enrollment passes 1.5 million, including 277,000 truck drivers
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine -March 25, 2010: ... According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 1,518,821 workers had been enrolled by mid-March. Enrollments include 261,149 applicants counted as truck drivers, and another 16,687 classified as drayage truckers... The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has been critical of several TSA processes during the TWIC rollout, including the price of enrollment and the ability of foreign nationals to access ports without background checks required by TWIC applicants from the U.S... Standard TWIC enrollment costs $132.50, although workers with “current, comparable” threat assessment background checks such as hazmat endorsements, Merchant Mariner Documents or Free and Secure Trade (FAST) cards may obtain a TWIC card for $105.25. The card is designed to last five years... (Photo from 2.bp.blogspot: TWIC card technology)
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