TWIC CARD or PASSPORT

Do not need to apply. Will need once hired. Also will have to have a certified copy of Birth Certificate if no passport.

 

Hi , okay i was thinking of this too , what happens if you have a copy only birth cert is that problem with them dont mind going too snow country

 

You'll need to get a certified copy for Prime.

 

Well first, Prime has nothing to do with issuing a TWIC card. That's the TSA's deal, and its their vendor who does all the work. The only thing Prime does is to provide the office space for the government-approved vendor - Lockheed-Martin, I believe. Its also helpful to the newbs who may not have the jack to fork out all at once - our FMs were authorized at the time to set up a number of payments out of our settlements to cover the costs.

TSA established an office at the terminal in Springfield because of the numbers of folks employed with Prime who have to obtain a TWIC credential. That being said, it is a major convenience to deal with it at Springfield, since you MUST return to the same location you applied for it at in order to pick it up. Lotsa truck parking, drop the load on the yard, get the card, hit driver's lineup for an outbound load. Done.

When I got mine, I did it on the road at a location convenient to a number of our common freight lanes... figured that'd help. NOT. That was one major royal pain to get routed to the same place twice (under load of course,) arriving on a weekday, early enough to park the trailer at a secure drop yard, get to the office before closing, get my business done, recover the trailer, get on my way... AND (there's more sportsfans!) arrive at my destination in a timely NOT LATE manner. It took me 7 months and a number of failed attempts to get it done.

What's that? Take the trailer and load with? That wasn't a good idea... saw some folks getting expensive parking tickets for doing just that.

As for the passport, its required by Prime these days - and there are a couple of US Post Office locations in the Springfield area you can get that done at.

 

I was in Galveston a few weeks back, no TWIC cost $70.00 as an escort fee.... Looked like half of them had to pay...

 

Yup... the non-TWIC folks were paying $25 to get into the port at Gloucester City NJ today. A few charges like that, and the $135 TWIC card fee is going to start looking cheap!

 

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