ALEXANDRIA, VA – The National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc. (NMFTA) has released ClassIT 2.0, the latest version of the online National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC), a pricing tool that evaluates and classifies all the commodities shipped and handled by motor freight carriers moving in interstate, intrastate, and foreign commerce.

NMFC provides both carriers and shippers with a standard by which the transportability of all commodities is measured. The NMFC is amended by periodic updates and published annually in book form, and now also in an electronic format (ClassIT 2.0), providing shippers and carriers easier access.

In 2006, NMFTA released the first version of ClassIT, and it now has thousands of users. With its latest release of ClassIT 2.0, the capabilities are greatly enhanced. Improvements include rapid response time, embedded search terms, expanded search options and capabilities, page-through capability of the NMFC content, scroll-over highlighting, ability to view adjacent items, and single item print function.

Features of ClassIT 2.0 include the following:

• Advanced Search Capabilities, allowing users to have the system “look-up” a commodity’s classification, rules, and packaging requirements individually or at the same time.
  

• Searches in Context produces all search results with the related items (as in pages of a book) so a user can make a single query and scroll down the possible matches to find the exact item.
  

• Synonyms allows users to customize and individualize the product by tying new terms to existing commodity names and numbers making future searches easier. ClassIT 2.0 also contains hundreds of embedded search terms not found in the print version. These embedded terms are linked directly to the appropriate classification provisions.
  

• The Density Calculator enables users to determine the density of a package, pallet, or complete shipment in seconds and includes a multipurpose conversion calculator.
  

• The print function allows users to print a single or multiple items, or copy and paste results from searches into other documents.
  

• Classification questions may be emailed directly to NMFTA’s classification specialists.

  ClassIT 2.0 is sold for an annual license fee to NMFC participants for $199 for a single user, and non-participant shippers may purchase a single license for the product for $249. Multi-user discounts are available.