TWIC Cards Good Or Bad Idea?
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I've picked up and dropped dry Van's in ports before on both coasts. It's not all shipping containers.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.
Isn’t port all intermodal?
Nope. Containers, dry vans, flatbeds, even Hotshots run through the ports.
I've dropped off Caterpillar parts/machines to be shipped overseas and picked up stuff like Brazilian hardwood to be imported into the States. Ports handle all kinds of stuff.
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.
I have a question about going to ports. Isn’t port all intermodal?
No. There is all kinds of freight at Ports. I have seen almost every kind of truck imaginable at the ports. I pick up aluminum "logs" at the ports all the time. Some of it comes from Russia, and some from Middle East countries. There are plenty of dry-van trucks at the ports I visit.
One of the really great benefits of a TWIC card is for folks who fly often. That card gives you a quick pass through the TSA inspectors. You just show your TWIC card and they send you right through without any groping prodding or any sort of examination.
That is a load of aluminum "ingots" that I picked up at the Mississippi river port in Vicksburg, MS. I forget their source of origin, but it definitely sailed across the ocean before it was put on a barge and pushed up the Mississippi river to that port.
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
Thank you, gentlemen, for the great information.
So, how does a driver go about getting the TWIC?
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
If I decide to get it, I don't want to be forced by the employer to go to the Ports.
Why would you bother getting one then?
Has anyone who had a SENTRI or NEXUS alread applied for their TWIC? Was it just insta-approved given they're probably the same checks?
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
Universal Enroll can kiss my butkis. They, somehow, cancelled my HME ine year and one month to the day after they issued it. They say its expired. When I asked Jessica where the money went fir my HME, she told me " It is none of your business". She also told me i couldnt talk to a supervisor because they would tell me the same. So. No, i wont give those clowns any extra money...
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Thank you, gentlemen, for the great information.
So, how does a driver go about getting the TWIC?
Sorry for the late reply; just saw this again!!!
Obtaining a TWIC clearance/card.
Tom & I still have ours. I used to deliver to the ports in Florida (Port Canaveral and Cape Hatteras) when I hauled boat props, shafting, zincs, etc...hotshot back in the day. Still had to have clearance; easier just to keep it (yet NOT cheap, prices above, haha!)
Has anyone who had a SENTRI or NEXUS alread applied for their TWIC? Was it just insta-approved given they're probably the same checks?
Good to see YOU around again, Travis! Thinking out loud, wondering ... ever hear of THIS guy? ATHLEAN X.
How's the job hunt coming, btw?!?!?
Universal Enroll can kiss my butkis. They, somehow, cancelled my HME ine year and one month to the day after they issued it. They say its expired. When I asked Jessica where the money went fir my HME, she told me " It is none of your business". She also told me i couldnt talk to a supervisor because they would tell me the same. So. No, i wont give those clowns any extra money...
Who's Jessica ?!?!?
Best to y'all !!
~ Anne ~
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Passed my physical early February. Been studying for the permit and passing all of the practice exams I can find. I go to Yuma to do the test the 4th of March. I actually just did the online application here from the site after doing one directly to Roehl from their site.
Thank you, gentlemen, for the great information.
So, how does a driver go about getting the TWIC?
Sorry for the late reply; just saw this again!!!
Obtaining a TWIC clearance/card.
Tom & I still have ours. I used to deliver to the ports in Florida (Port Canaveral and Cape Hatteras) when I hauled boat props, shafting, zincs, etc...hotshot back in the day. Still had to have clearance; easier just to keep it (yet NOT cheap, prices above, haha!)
Has anyone who had a SENTRI or NEXUS alread applied for their TWIC? Was it just insta-approved given they're probably the same checks?
Good to see YOU around again, Travis! Thinking out loud, wondering ... ever hear of THIS guy? ATHLEAN X.
How's the job hunt coming, btw?!?!?
Universal Enroll can kiss my butkis. They, somehow, cancelled my HME ine year and one month to the day after they issued it. They say its expired. When I asked Jessica where the money went fir my HME, she told me " It is none of your business". She also told me i couldnt talk to a supervisor because they would tell me the same. So. No, i wont give those clowns any extra money...
Who's Jessica ?!?!?
Best to y'all !!
~ Anne ~
TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.New Reply:
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I have a question about going to ports. Isn’t port all intermodal? So would a dry van driver need a TWIC card, unless delivering to military facilities?
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.TWIC:
Transportation Worker Identification Credential
Truck drivers who regularly pick up from or deliver to the shipping ports will often be required to carry a TWIC card.
Your TWIC is a tamper-resistant biometric card which acts as both your identification in secure areas, as well as an indicator of you having passed the necessary security clearance. TWIC cards are valid for five years. The issuance of TWIC cards is overseen by the Transportation Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.