WYNDHAM WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON D.C.

SEPTEMBER 23 & 24, 2004

You won't be crawling under barbed wire at this boot camp. But you will learn how to cut yourself loose from red tape, avoid booby traps and fend off shark attacks

In Washington, D.C., in U.S. State Capitols, at the European Commission in Brussels , at IMO Head Quarters in London--and in many other locations-- lawmakers and regulators are churning out new requirements on an almost daily basis.

Break the rules, and there's every chance that you will be treated as a criminal . This well-established annual conference gives shipowners and those who work with them an opportunity to meet with legislators, regulators and enforcement agencies to find out what regulations are in the works and what exactly is involved in coming into compliance.