DCL ADDS DIRECT LCL CALL AT MARSEILLES

DCL ADDS DIRECT LCL CALL AT MARSEILLES    Direct Container Line, a non-vessel-operating common carrier subsidiary of NACA Logistics Group, will add Marseilles, France, to its list of direct consolidation services to Europe later this month.
   'Our perception is that we’re pretty well covered as far as direct services to the major volume ports in Europe and need to expand our direct service coverage to cities like Marseilles,' said Bruce Ericson, vice president of sales for DCL. 'Our focus will now be on taking out the intermediary step of trans-loading cargo in the major European cargo centers.'
   Before the direct service to Marseilles, DCL served the port by trucking or railing freight from containers delivered into Paris. The new service to Marseilles offers an 18-day transit from New York.
   'The direct service is expected to broaden the company’s reach in providing local on-forwarding services within Southern France,' the company said. 'For service to other destinations in France, DCL has been able to expand its service coverage on direct routes to include direct service into Le Havre and Paris from New York, Atlanta and Chicago.'
   The company has recently developed direct services to other European markets, such as Basel, Vienna, Glasgow and Liverpool.
   DCL has also restructured its agency representation in Europe, nominating ECU Line as its handling agent in Antwerp, Bremen, Hamburg, Paris, and Rotterdam. DCL and ECU Line have expanded that arrangment to include ECU Line’s office in Marseilles, which will be the receiving agent for this service.