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TWIC Card Deadline Extended!!

The TWIC credential deadline extended by seven months to April 15, 2009. The seven month extension is a direct result of collaboration with port officials and industry, and realigns the enrollment period with the original intent of the TWIC final rule. This was announced by TSA Public Affairs on May 22, 2008. To find out more go to: http://www.tsa.gov/what_we_do/layers/twic/twic_releases.shtm

The TWIC Credential is Here!!!!

WHO must obtain the new Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) by September 25, 2008?  The U.S. Coast Guard has issued the Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) No. 03-07 - Guidelines for the Implementation of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Program for the Maritime Sector. Click here to read or download NVIC 03-07.

U.S. Coast Guard Regulations Regarding Fingerprints of All Mariners Under New Security Requirements.

This new rule applies to all license applicants, which means possibly traveling to the closest Coast Guard Regional Examination Center to be fingerprinted by the Coast Guard for your original license, license renewal or when you raise the grade of your license.

 

Effective January 13, 2006 the Coast Guard amended the maritime personnel licensing rules to include new security requirements when mariners apply for original, renewal, and raise of grade licenses and certificates of registry.  This interim rule corrects omissions and ambiguities in the Coast Guard's preexisting maritime personnel licensing regulations.  This interim rule will require all applicants for licenses and certificates of registry to have their identity checked and their fingerprints taken for a criminal record review by the Coast Guard.  The new requirements are similar to those that apply to applicants for merchant mariner's documents (MMDs).    This interim rule is effective now, and applies to all license applications received by the Coast Guard on or after January 13, 2006.  

Because this still an interim rule, there is a comment period until April 13, 2006.  You may submit your written comments on this interim rule, but they must be received by March 14, 2006.   This interim rule has been published in the Federal Register: January 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 9). [Rules and Regulations] [Page 2154-2167].  Click to download the Federal Register.  

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Laws and Regulations for the Charterboat.

A Head's Up to Charterboat Operators!

While the "laws" for charterboats carrying passengers for hire are not new, it appears that going forward, the Coast Guard may be more rigorous regarding enforcement. Right now is what might be called the "recommendation period." Over time the Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies could look at imposing civil penalties, which could mean citations and possible fines. In the Seventh Coast Guard District, the U.S. Coast Guard is now offering to conduct voluntary and free, courtesy Uninspected Passenger Vessel Safety Exams... Click here to read the rest of this article...

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QUALITY MARITIME TRAINING, LLC Sets up new ship's training simulators for Radar, ARPA and ECDIS. 

See the press release for more details.

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