One of the more confusing quirks in hazardous materials shipping is that the required DOT shipping description format changed over a decade ago, but one of the industry’s most commonly used forms still hasn’t fully caught up. Prior to 2013, many hazmat professionals were taught the shipping description order as “SHIP”:Shipping NameHazard ClassID NumberPacking Group However, the Hazardous Materials Regulations were updated to require the description order now commonly remember