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PORT
SOUNDINGS
SECURITY
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TWIC
Renewal Available
for Extended Period
I
f you have a Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC) card that
expires on or before Dec. 31, 2014 and you are
a U.S. citizen or U.S. national, you can replace
your expiring card with a three-year, extended
expiration date (EED) TWIC.
The fee for the three-year EED TWIC is $60, and
if you’re paying with a credit card, you can renew
with just one visit to the enrollment center.
You can also choose to replace your TWIC
through the standard five-year renewal process,
which costs $129.75 and requires two visits to the
enrollment center.
Be sure to allow at least 60 days before your
TWIC expires to start the renewal process.
If you are interested in obtaining a three-year,
extended expiration date TWIC, follow these steps:
1
Call the TWIC Help Desk at 1-866-347-8942
(Mon–Fri, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. EST) to
confirm eligibility.
2
Pay a $60 card replacement fee by credit
card. (If paying by check, take a check,
cashier’s check, money order or company check
to the enrollment center to begin the application
process; you will be notified when your new TWIC
arrives).
3
Exchange your current TWIC for your new
replacement EED TWIC at a TWIC Enrollment
Center of your choice.
Nationwide, TWIC is used in 361 ports, at
3,200 facilities and on 14,000 vessels; more than
two million people have TWIC cards.
NEWSMAKERS
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Casey Overseas Receives
Business Honor
C
asey Overseas Corporation, a female-owned freight-
forwarding services company in Baltimore, received
a Bridging the Gap Achievement Award from the
Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC) in October. The award
recognizes outstanding minority- and women-owned firms, as
well as majority businesses and executives who nurture the
development of minority businesses in the Baltimore region
and throughout Maryland.
Nominated for the award by the Maryland Port Administration
(MPA), Casey Overseas was founded in 1979 by Annette Morgan,
who nurtured female employees and eventually sold the firm to
Melanie Dvorak, a former employee and current owner.
GBC President and Chief Executive Officer Donald C. Fry
said that Bridging the Gap award winners “exemplify the kind of
private-sector energy that powers our economy.”
SECURITY
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Vessel Traffic
Impacted by
Presidential
Inauguration
T
he 2013 inauguration of
President Barack Obama
takes place on Jan. 21
and is a National Significant
Security Event, which impacts
vessel traffic. The Captain of
the Port of Baltimore will take
steps to ensure the safety
and security of waterways in
the areas of the inauguration
festivities while balancing the
needs of a commercial port.
A security zone will
encompass certain waters of
the Northeast, Susquehanna,
Bush, Gunpowder, Back and
Anacostia rivers in Maryland
and the District of Columbia,
as well as certain waters of the
Inner and Northwest Harbors in
Baltimore.
Commercial vessels have
been submitting sail plans
for excursions in those areas
between January 15 and 24; no
commercial sail plans will be
accepted after January 4.
Cargo vessels do not
have to submit plans. Current
security requirements do not
apply to the facilities serving
deep-draft or freight vessels
operating at terminals south of
the Domino Sugar or Apex ter-
minals, which are also excluded
from the requirements.
Sail plans can be submitted to
Lt. Jg. Salomee G. Fisher
electronically at
or
by fax to 410-576-2655.
