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May 9, 2000 9:10 AM, EDT

Motor carriers and shippers, frequently at odds over the issue of freight classification, have agreed to work together to determine how to classify shipments of poisonous materials.

The promise of cooperation followed a May 2 decision of the National Classification Committee to deny an increase in class ratings for hundreds of potentially hazardous products.

A spokesman for the NCC said the committee “responded to shippers’ input and concerns by delaying consideration of classification issues to allow for greater shipper participation and submission of factual data.”

Debra N. Phillips, executive directors of the National Small Shipments Traffic Conference, said shippers were pleased that NCC “is willing to work with us.”

For the full story, see the May 8 print edition of Transport Topics. .