Merchant Mariner Consulting

The home for help with the United States Coast Guard
Merchant Mariner Credential System
Welcome
We are a here to help you navigate the rules and regulations
of the Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Credential System.  
From the sports fishing guide to the supertanker captain, we
can help with what you need to do.

Beginning April 15, 2009 the US Coast Guard implemented
the Merchant Marine Credential (
MMC) System, a system that
is closely integrated with the Transportation Workers
Identification Credential (
TWIC) enrollment program
administered by Transportation Security Administration. The
MMC replaces all existing licenses, documents, and
certificates previously issued by the US Coast Guard in one
passport style credential. These credentials are issued as
domestic officers endorsements, domestic rating
endorsement, international
STCW endorsements.

All Merchant Mariner Credential applications are processed at
the National Maritime Center (
NMC) and each month they
receive thousands of applications. The National Maritime
Center recently published that the processing time for a
“perfect application” averages around
30 days. Delays of as
much as several months can occur for applications that are
less than perfect. Merchant Mariner Consulting can help you
assemble the “perfect application” and thereby avoiding long
delays.
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