Port of Hueneme Workers Begin Enrollment for Federal Security Credential
May 6, 2008
Nico Melendez
877-561-6212
PORT HUENEME, Calif. - Port workers, longshoremen, truckers and others at the Port of Hueneme began enrolling last week in the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The program's goal is to ensure that 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.
"The start of enrollment is one more step in our effort to prevent persons who are a threat from gaining access to secure areas of port facilities," said Maurine Fanguy, TWIC program director for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). "We appreciate the support of our partners at the Port of Hueneme for helping to make one of the world's most advanced interoperable biometric systems a reality."
The TWIC enrollment center at the Port of Hueneme is located in the River Ridge Residence Inn at 2101 West Vineyard Avenue, Oxnard, Calif., 93036-2268, and will operate from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday-Friday. Ultimately, TSA will establish fixed enrollment centers at 147 ports and will deploy mobile enrollment centers to dozens of other locations as needed.
Workers at the Port of Hueneme are able to pre-enroll for TWIC online at www.tsa.gov/twic. Pre-enrolling speeds up the process by allowing workers to provide biographic information and schedule a time to complete the application process in person. This eliminates waiting at enrollment centers and reduces the time it takes to enroll each individual.
For more information regarding TSA, please visit our Web site at www.tsa.gov.
