Port of Los Angeles Opens Third TWIC Signup Center

To boost lagging enrollments in the Transportation Worker Identification Credential program at Southern California ports, the Port of Los Angeles has opened a new enrollment center close to the adjacent Port of Long Beach.

Unlike the ports’ two downtown centers, the new facility has convenient parking for truckers, port officials said.

The decision to open a third center was made after port officials expressed concern that enrollment was behind schedule.

As of July 3, TWIC enrollment at the ports had reached 26,000, just over a third of the 60,000-plus truckers and port workers expected to apply for before an April 2009 deadline.