AAPA Supports New Security Measures
Staff -- Logistics Management, 10/4/2007
NORFOLK, VA., -- Officials meeting the American Association of Port Authorities' (AAPA) annual convention here this week, were told that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will begin enrolling port workers in its Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) next month.Kurt Nagle, AAPA's president and chief executive officer, said the port industry looks forward to working with DHS on the TWIC roll-out process. "TWIC is the next step for personnel security at America's ports, and we are partnering with DHS to ensure the program is implemented in a way that enables freight movements to continue to move efficiently."
The program begins on October 16 at the Port of Wilmington, De., and continues at 11 more ports in November, with the goal of enrolling all U.S. port workers by Sept. 25, 2008.
The TWIC program, which includes longshoremen, truckers and other workers, is meant to ensure that any individual who has unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities and vessels has received a thorough federal background check and is not a security threat. The TWIC program will include criminal background, immigrant status and terrorist watch list screening.
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