Coast Guard Sets First Dates For TWIC Card Requirement

The U.S. Coast Guard has begun setting dates when truckers and others who enter ports in ports must have the government-issued Transportation Worker Identification Credential, or TWIC, that is meant to prevent terror attacks on the docks.

The cards will be required on Dec. 1 at Savannah, Ga.,

Charleston, S.C. and Jacksonville, Fla., three of the largest U.S. ports, the Coast Guard announced.

The first places where the cards will be required, starting Oct. 15, are ports in Boston and New England, followed by Port Arthur and Corpus Christi, Tex. as well as Cape Fear, N.C. on Nov. 28.

The card will be needed in port areas for anyone to have unescorted access.