(USCG) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has published a report regarding the U.S. Coast Guard’s merchant mariner credentialing process. Merchant mariners are civilian sailors that the Coast ...

The changes simplify the existing merchant mariner qualification credentialing process by reducing the number of credentials a mariner will need to hold. The rule also eliminates redundant ...

Also today, the Coast Guard approved a proposed regulation that works in conjunction with TWIC to streamline the current credentialing process for merchant mariners. It will publish on the same ...

The MMC consolidates the credentials issued to merchant mariners into a single credential, and streamlines the application process for the MMC by removing the requirement that all mariners appear ...

“While the training and experience to obtain upgraded certifications is rigorous and time consuming, the process is necessary ... to their existing Merchant Mariner Credentials.