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Join Chemical Week as it returns to New Orleans for the 13^th Annual Chemical Transportation, Distribution and Security Conference – the only event dedicated to supply chain, distribution, security and logistics within the chemical industry.

This year’s conference tackles a slew of urgent new issues in transportation, distribution, and security that the chemical industry is contending with. What do new security policies mean for the transportation and distribution of chemicals, especially hazardous materials? How is the chemical industry dealing with continuing labor shortages among carriers? Are freight rates going to climb further in 2008? Are there still lessons to be learned for shippers and carriers from the devastating hurricanes that hit the U.S. Gulf Coast in 2005?

Central themes to be addressed at the 13^th Annual Chemical Transportation, Distribution and Security Conference include:

· The ins and outs of the Department of Homeland Security’s new security law, and its implications for production, storage and transportation of chemicals

· How the industry is addressing rising freight rates and labor shortages among carriers

· A look at the rebuilding of New Orleans two years after the devastation caused by hurricanes, and the lingering effect on the transportation network

· Lessons learned in emergency preparedness and disaster recovery

This year’s conference will take a closer look at these issues, and provide you with the opportunity to analyze and discuss them with your peers and experts in the field.

To register for the 13^th Annual Chemical Transportation, Distribution and Security Conference, visit www.chemweek.com/conferences/transportation08.