SAVE MONEY ON YOUR TWIC FEES!
If you renewed your USCG license in the past two years, then you have already been through
the most current generation of security threat assessment. This means you are eligible to save
$27.25 on your TWIC enrollment fees. Its probably enough to pay for the gas you'll burn
making two trips to the TWIC Center (TWICCEN).
So, be sure and bring your CG License with you to the enrollment center on your first visit,
and ask for the reduced fee.
Ok, my captains all have TWICs, how does this effect my vessels? Do I have to create
secure areas and lock the pilot house?
The USCG has published a Small Entity Guide for Owners and Operators, which says this
on page 7:
CFR 104.105 says:
So, you guys that tow barges or run a crew boats will need to check into the rules more
carefully, but the Marine Assistance & Towing industry boats are generally exempt,
based on #11 above. If your towboat is 8 meters or less, you are exempt. If you are greater
than 8 meters and providing emergency assistance, you are still exempt. Towing a disabled
vessel in a NON-emergency situation isn't specifically mentioned, but I think that "provides
emergency assistance" was meant to exempt a class of vessels, rather than an act. The way I
read this is "Vessels that are routinely employed for providing emergency assistance to other
vessels are exempt from the rule," assuming they don't fall under one of the other 10 criteria.
Please don't confuse this issue with the personnel requirements as discussed on page 1. Just
because your boat doesn't fall under the definition above in no way exempts the captain from
the requirement to get a TWIC.
If you renewed your USCG license in the past two years, then you have already been through
the most current generation of security threat assessment. This means you are eligible to save
$27.25 on your TWIC enrollment fees. Its probably enough to pay for the gas you'll burn
making two trips to the TWIC Center (TWICCEN).
So, be sure and bring your CG License with you to the enrollment center on your first visit,
and ask for the reduced fee.
Ok, my captains all have TWICs, how does this effect my vessels? Do I have to create
secure areas and lock the pilot house?
The USCG has published a Small Entity Guide for Owners and Operators, which says this
on page 7:
CFR 104.105 says:
So, you guys that tow barges or run a crew boats will need to check into the rules more
carefully, but the Marine Assistance & Towing industry boats are generally exempt,
based on #11 above. If your towboat is 8 meters or less, you are exempt. If you are greater
than 8 meters and providing emergency assistance, you are still exempt. Towing a disabled
vessel in a NON-emergency situation isn't specifically mentioned, but I think that "provides
emergency assistance" was meant to exempt a class of vessels, rather than an act. The way I
read this is "Vessels that are routinely employed for providing emergency assistance to other
vessels are exempt from the rule," assuming they don't fall under one of the other 10 criteria.
Please don't confuse this issue with the personnel requirements as discussed on page 1. Just
because your boat doesn't fall under the definition above in no way exempts the captain from
the requirement to get a TWIC.
Are you renewing your USCG License soon? Do you know what License Creep is? Click here to find out. Does my vessel fall under the TWIC rules? >>>>=====>> This section refers to vessels, but does not exempt the personnel. The captains still have to have a TWIC. |
| Doug's TWICilicious Page - Continued . More facts about Captains and the Transportation Worker Identification Credential |
| From the TSA TWIC page FAQs: A reduced fee of $105.25 will be made available for applicants who will not require the security threat assessment. The reduced fee is available for the following:
For those applicants seeking to pay the reduced fee, they must present their HME, FAST card, MMD, or MML (meeting the requirements outlined above) at the time of enrollment. |
| IS MY VESSEL OR MARITIME FACILITY COVERED? If you own or operate a vessel we describe in 33 CFR 104.105, except for foreign flagged vessels, the TWIC program rules apply to you. |
| Title 33: Navigation and Navigable Waters PART 104—MARITIME SECURITY: VESSELS Subpart A—General § 104.105 Applicability. This part applies to the owner or operator of any: (1) Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU), cargo, or passenger vessel subject to the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, (SOLAS), Chapter XI–1 or Chapter XI–2; (2) Foreign cargo vessel greater than 100 gross register tons; (3) Self-propelled U.S. cargo vessel greater than 100 gross register tons subject to 46 CFR subchapter I, except commercial fishing vessels inspected under 46 CFR part 105; (4) Vessel subject to 46 CFR chapter I, subchapter L; [cargo & Offshore Supply Vessels] (5) Passenger vessel subject to 46 CFR chapter I, subchapter H; [Cargo & Inspected Pass. vessels] (6) Passenger vessel certificated to carry more than 150 passengers; (7) Other passenger vessel carrying more than 12 passengers, including at least one passenger-for- hire, that is engaged on an international voyage; (8) Barge subject to 46 CFR chapter I, subchapters D or O; [Cargo, Tank & Bulk Cargo] (9) Barge carrying certain dangerous cargo in bulk or barge that is subject to 46 CFR Chapter I, subchapter I, that is engaged on an international voyage. (10) Tankship subject to 46 CFR chapter I, subchapters D or O; and (11) Towing vessel greater than eight meters in registered length that is engaged in towing a barge or barges subject to this part, except a towing vessel that— (i) Temporarily assists another vessel engaged in towing a barge or barges subject to this part; (ii) Shifts a barge or barges subject to this part at a facility or within a fleeting facility; (iii) Assists sections of a tow through a lock; or (iv) Provides emergency assistance. [plus some other stuff I've edited out. Go to the CFR to read it all] |