Even before you apply for your MMD you’ll have to get TWIC card. TWIC stands for Transportation Workers Identification Card. This card allows you to work on the waterfront. This TWIC card has been quite controversial but it is the law. Anyone working on the water requires this including vendors, truck drivers, pilots, etc. Without [...]
It doesn’t take much to derail your maritime documentation so take a look at the ten steps below so that you don’t have to resubmit your paperwork. Of the ten items below the physical examination report seems to be the report everyone has trouble with so before you leave the doctors office make sure that [...]
Working on the Water – What Maritime Documents Do I Need
Most mariners will need at least two credentials to work in the US, and a third if you will be working internationally.
First you will need a TWIC to get started because the TSA does the first background check on you.
Next apply to the Coast Guard [...]
The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC card) program is a Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Coast Guard initiative. The TWIC card program provides a tamper-resistant biometric credential to maritime workers requiring unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities, outer continental shelf facilities, and vessels regulated under the Maritime Transportation Security Act, or MTSA, and all U.S. [...]
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