Port of New Orleans

[Tim]

Anyone know if you "have" to have a TWIC card to get in or not?

 

[notarps4me]

Anyone know if you "have" to have a TWIC card to get in or not?

I used to get steel coils from bahrain and take to murfreesboro tn. Sometimes they would ask for it sometimes not. They have a scale there that you can use, but have to pay for. 10 used to have a weight restriction on it after it got tore up. They might have that fixed now. Used to be I could go in empty, but had to come out on the toll due to the weight limit. Not been down there in a few years tho...

 

[Tim]

I believe I 10 is fixed now. I haven't been to the port in years either, will in a truck anyways. We took a cruise out of New Orleans 3 years ago.

I found what I needed to know through, you aint gotta have one but you gotta a escort.

[h=1]Port Entry Policies[/h] On January 13, 2009, the Transportation Safety Administration Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program was implemented at the Port of New Orleans. All individuals desiring access to a tenant operated maritime facility are required to have a TWIC in their possession, or be under the escort of an approved Port of New Orleans TWIC holder. Approved escorts must comply with the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA). Persons needing to enter non maritime facilities within the Port of New Orleans are not required to have a TWIC in their possession, but are required to have valid picture identification on their person. For individuals, not in possession of a TWIC, needing to transport cargo into or out of a tenant operated facility please refer to the link at the bottom of this page labeled “TWIC Escorting Procedures…” for specific information.
Neither the Port of New Orleans nor its lease holding tenants recognize or accept third party trained TWIC escorting companies. Port of New Orleans escort authority is only considered valid when the individual doing the escorting is working directly on the behalf of the Port of New Orleans or one of its tenant lease holders. Once the individual(s) or company have completed their transactions with the Port, and or its lease holders their authority to escort non TWIC holding individuals onto the Port is suspended.
In order to be a Port of New Orleans Approved TWIC Escort, the individual must be employed in one of the below listed work areas :

• Tenants leasing space within restricted areas
  
  
• Licensed Steamship agents
  
  
• Licensed Transportation services
  
  
• Regulated public utilities
  
  
• Port Chaplains
  
  
  
• Port of New Orleans Employees
  
  
• Port of New Orleans Consultants/Sub-Contractors
  

 

[notarps4me]

You can bounce in on 10. If it is still restricted it will have signs. They was using portable scales. If you see the signs then the toll is the only option out or roll the dice.

 

[Tim]

You can bounce in on 10. If it is still restricted it will have signs. They was using portable scales. If you see the signs then the toll is the only option out or roll the dice.

What toll road are you taking about? The one over Lake Pontchartrain?

 

[notarps4me]

What toll road are you taking about? The one over Lake Pontchartrain?

my atlas is in my truck. The one just west of 10

 

[Duck]

Funny how it was a whole bunch of years ago they came out with that TWIX crap and said nobody would be allowed in without one.

All that did was create a racket for "escorts". At the ports on the east coast, all they do is give you a red jersey to wear & the "escort" follows you to the staging area & you never see him again. I don't ever even bother putting the jersey on.

 

[Tim]

Oh well its all a moot point now as I declined the load after there were going to be some "fees" involved that they were not going to reimburse me for so I told them what they could do with that load.