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Van,
I doubt they are going to scale that back and throw all the charter guys out of the card race. Obviosly for my job I have had the twic for a while. Boston is already a port in which your suppose to have one.
The "merchant mariner" is only a fraction of the people to be twic\ed. All truck drivers going inside secure areas etc, that number will far pass the mariner.
Just remember the most rediculous fact.......98% of the goods coming into US ports come on foreign flag ships, now ask yourself do all those guys need a twic card......no......just another tax for us guys. Can you tell I am a bit bitter......and they are changing the name of Mass Maritime school ship to the Kennedy name because he is such a yachtsman......whatever.....why did the size of the US Merchant Marine drop under his nose in the late 70's early 80's, he is no friend to the Merchant Marine is those regards yet all the local pols decided that the renaming was a great idea..........oh boy, now I'm pissed...gotta go!
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