All persons permanently employed at the port, including ASPA staff, tenants and their employees, surveyors, agents, stevedores, longshoremen, chaplains, contract labor and persons requesting temporary access to the port, including delivery persons, vendors, contractors, and temporary workers must display, above the waist and outside of clothing, an ASPA issued photo ID badge or visitor badge at all times when accessing or working on port property, as required by the Maritime Transportation Security Act of and 33 CFR Part In accordance with U.
Coast Guard regulation 33 CFR We also have online training that is available for an additional fee paid to an outside vendor. You will then need to register your company. Once you have completed the training and obtained a completion certificate, you can bring that to our badge office to receive your credential.
Please contact our credential office if you have any questions at Additionally, the vehicle must meet all mandatory requirements for vehicle equipment including window tinting. Payment for both the credential and vehicle decals may only be made by money order, business check or credit card Discover, MasterCard or Visa. ASPA credentials will not be issued for the sole purpose of soliciting business from ASPA employees, tenants, vessels or members of their crews.
The Authority reserves the right to deny granting a credential, or suspend, revoke or deny renewal of a credential previously granted, as follows:. Such persons must come to a complete stop at the access point, present their credential to an ASPA gate guard and receive permission to enter ASPA facilities.
Such permission may be given verbally or by hand signals, however persons requesting access may not proceed until permission to enter has been clearly granted. Persons requesting access to port authority property, who have been issued an ASPA ID badge but do not have such badge in their possession, must receive permission to enter port property at the appropriate access point and apply for temporary access at the Port Authority Police Department.
