DCL MAKES SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGES

   Direct Container Line has made several senior management changes which the Carson, Calif.-based freight consolidator said will help with its continued expansion of existing and new services.
   Michael J. Dye was promoted to chief operating officer. He has worked with the company since 1995 as manager of DCL’s full-containerload operations and most recently as vice president of sales.
   DCL appointed Bruce Ericson to vice president of sales. He will be
responsible for management and coordination of DCL’s U.S. sales force. He has worked at DCL for 11 years.
   Tatsuya "Tats" Nakayama will head DCL’s Japan/U.S. import operations. He will manage both containerload and less-than-containerloads.
   DCL also named Robert Braun director of U.S. import sales. He will
operate from the company’s Itasca, Ill. office.