Enrollment for Transportation Worker Identification Credential begins

Document Number: 1732

Fifth District
U.S. Coast Guard

Photo/Video Release

Date: Oct. 15, 2007
Contact: 609-677-2204

ENROLLMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION WORKER
IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL BEGINS

WILMINGTON, Del. - Port workers, longshoremen, truckers and others at the port of Wilmington here are the first workers in the nation to enroll in the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program today.

The program ensures any individual who has unescorted access to secure areas of port facilities and vessels has received a thorough background check and is not a security threat.

To download video from today's enrollment, click on the thumbnail below.

Video Footage
Video footage of the official launch of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential card at the Port of Wilmington, Del., Monday, Oct. 15, 2007.

To download high-resolution versions of the photos below, click on the thumbnail.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Doug Affleck (left) and Ward Gagnon share a laugh at the port here Monday, Oct. 15, 2007.

Gagnon is one of several transportation workers who applied for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential card at the Port of Wilmington, the nation's first port to start taking applications for the card.

U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

WILMINGTON, Del. - Ward Gagnon watches as his fingerprints are digitally scanned at the port here Monday, Oct. 15, 2007.

U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

WILMINGTON, Del. - Doug Affleck watches a computer monitor as he scans in Ward Gagnon's fingerprints at the port here Monday, Oct. 15, 2007.

U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

WILMINGTON, Del. - Rick Smith looks over the paperwork he completed in order to apply for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential card at the Port of Wilmington here Monday, Oct. 15, 2007.

The TWIC is a national security program designed to strengthen security at our nation's ports, and Wilmington is the first U.S. port to start taking enrollment applications.

U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi

WILMINGTON, Del. - Sherice Price watches a monitor as thumb prints from Rick Smith are scanned into a computer at the port here during the application process for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential card Monday, Oct. 15, 2007.

Wilmington is the first U.S. port to start taking applications for TWIC, a nationwide access and security card required for all personnel whose job requires access to U.S. ports.

U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

WILMINGTON, Del. - The Port of Wilmington is the first U.S. port to start taking enrollment applications for the Transportation Worker Identification Credential card.

TWIC cards will be required of all transportation workers whose job requires port access.

U.S. Coast Guard illustration by Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

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