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Error Could Cause Thousands of TWIC Cards to Be Rejected | Journal of Commerce
Error Could Cause Thousands of TWIC Cards to Be Rejected | Journal of Commerce
Error Could Cause Thousands of TWIC Cards to Be Rejected
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Monty
Expert Expediter
I have had mine for almost two years, no one has ever asked for it, nor will anyone accept it for ID .... that was a waste of time and money!
Additional: I just checked the link to the list of numbers
http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/layers/twic/twic_faqs.shtm#improperly_encoded
Mine was not affected ...
A straight link to the numbers list is:
http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/truncated_fasc_n_list_2011.pdf
Additional: I just checked the link to the list of numbers
http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/layers/twic/twic_faqs.shtm#improperly_encoded
Mine was not affected ...
A straight link to the numbers list is:
http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/truncated_fasc_n_list_2011.pdf
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Diane and I also have had TWIC cards for some time and find them to be mostly worthless. Checking the numbers, we find our cards to be OK. But that matters little since no shipper or consignee we have dealt with at FedEx Custom Critical or Landstar has required a TWIC card and very, very few recognize it at all. If the numbers were bad, I doubt that we would go to the trouble to have them corrected.
60MPH
Expert Expediter
If you a do a lot of inbound and outbound port loads then your card will get a workout 
Also as Zorry posted some refineries make you have one for access. I know the Citgo refinery in Lake Charles, LA. also requires one for access to most area's. Mine paid for it self about a month after I got it. I charge $97.50 for a qualified driver fee, on these loads. Also I frequent the port in Portsmouth and Chesapeake, VA. Both require the card for access right to the ship where I unload at.
Also as Zorry posted some refineries make you have one for access. I know the Citgo refinery in Lake Charles, LA. also requires one for access to most area's. Mine paid for it self about a month after I got it. I charge $97.50 for a qualified driver fee, on these loads. Also I frequent the port in Portsmouth and Chesapeake, VA. Both require the card for access right to the ship where I unload at.
60MPH
Expert Expediter
Some area's are access by card only (card will open gates for restricted zones) no escorts/no exceptions, also most ports charge a fee for the service and it takes time to wait for the escort.
I used a escort before I applied for my card, had a pc. of machinery for the restricted zone and I was not granted access even with a escort. Had to take it to offsite inspection and waited 2 hours for a fork lift to come over and unload me over there. Total time wasted on that one shipment 4.5 hours, cause the carrier I was leased to was not told you have to only use TWIC approved drivers
And since I showed up 4 hours early to the drop I did not make a dime in D-time. I don't miss the days of being leased anymore. Something happen like that today and $$ will be made
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