Corporate Headquarters
3525 Whitehall Park Drive, Suite 400, Charlotte, North Carolina 28273
Phone: (704) 594-3800
Chassis availability is one of the top three factors about which motor carriers are most concerned.
In a nationwide survey of motor carriers recently conducted by Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (“DCLI”), a key finding was that chassis availability is one of the most important considerations for drayage providers.
DCLI is dedicated to ensuring that marine chassis pools are stocked with equipment so that motor carriers have access to the chassis they need, when and where they need them. “Our Operations and Logistics teams spend an average of 190 man-hours per week planning chassis repositioning,” said Ron Joseph, COO and EVP of DCLI. “They analyze the inventories available in pools across the country combined with information about import/export demand forecasts provided by ocean carriers, rails, and ports to ensure equipment supply is balanced with demand.”
Planning for chassis relocations is only part of the equation – the other part is actually getting the chassis where they need to be. DCLI works with hundreds of drayage providers to execute the planned moves on a daily basis to ensure that chassis are available to meet the demand forecasts. “Chassis relocation is a major part of what DCLI does,” said Joseph. “In 2017, DCLI spent millions of dollars executing relocations. It’s an investment we are proud to make to better serve our customers.”
Introducing new assets to the marine chassis pools is another way that DCLI works to improve chassis availability. In the past three years, DCLI has added more than 11,000 brand new pieces of marine equipment to our chassis fleet and we’ll be adding several thousand more by year’s end. When combined with the benefits of equipment pooling and import/export forecast data analysis, the additional units help us cover our customers’ growing demand without having to increase the number of chassis one-for-one with the growth in the volume of container moves. “Investment in new assets combined with proactive logistics is how we meet our customers’ needs,” said Bill Shea, CEO of DCLI. “It’s this combination that allows us to have chassis where they’re needed, when they’re needed rather than letting them sit idle somewhere they’re not.”
For more information about where DCLI chassis are available, please visit our Regional Information pages.
3525 Whitehall Park Drive, Suite 400, Charlotte, North Carolina 28273
Phone: (704) 594-3800
Phone: 704-594-3800, Option 5 then press 8
Email: domesticoperations@dcli.com
Phone: 704-594-3786
Email: domesticusageclaims@dcli.com
Email: domesticar@dcli.com
Email: domesticusageclaims@dcli.com
Robert MacLachlan
Title: M&R Manager (Philadelphia, Baltimore)
Phone: 609-667-6769
Email: Robert.Maclachlan@dcli.com
Dawn Causey-Hall
Title: M&R Specialist II, Southeast
Phone: 912-312-3110
Email: Dawn.Causey-Hall@dcli.com
Chris Munsell
Title: RVP of M&R. Midwest & West Coast
Phone: 630-272-1512
Email: Christopher.Munsell@dcli.com
Myron Whatley
Title: Senior Director of M&R, Houston
Phone: 832-347-3397
Email: Myron.Whatley@dcli.com
Chandi Williams
Title: Sr. Logistics Manager, West Coast
Phone: 657-334-7047
Email: Chandi.Williams@dcli.com
Chris Munsell
Title: RVP of M&R, Midwest & West Coast
Phone: 630-394-3659
Email: Christopher.Munsell@dcli.com
Mario Anguiano
Title: M&R Manager (Memphis, Nashville, Huntsville, Kansas City, St. Louis)
Phone: 909-231-5326
Email: Mario.Anguiano@dcli.com
Derek Daily
Title: M&R Specialist II, Southeast (Memphis, Nashville, Huntsville, Kansas City, St. Louis)
Phone: 910-395-4103
Email: Derek.Daily@dcli.com
Myron Whatley
Title: Senior Director of M&R, Houston
Phone: 832-347-3397
Email: Myron.Whatley@dcli.com
Robert MacLachlan
Title: M&R Manager (Philadelphia, Baltimore)
Phone: 609-667-6769
Email: Robert.Maclachlan@dcli.com
Dawn Causey-Hall
Title: M&R Specialist II, Southeast
Phone: 912-312-3110
Email: Dawn.Causey-Hall@dcli.com
Michelle Gomez
Title: Director, Motor Carrier Sales-Western Region
Phone: 951-488-6096
Email: Michelle.Gomez@dcli.com
Tommy Tabasco
Title: Area Sales Manager, Northeast
Phone: 201-463-8557
Email: Tommy.Tabasco@dcli.com
Michael Dillon
Title: Area Sales Manager, Southeast
Phone: 704-351-0682
Email: Michael.Dillon@dcli.com
Neal Overstreet
Title: Area Sales Manager, Gulf and Pacific Northwest
Phone: 830-624-6779
Email: Neal.Overstreet@dcli.com
Dennis Reiner
Title: National Account Manager, Domestic
Phone: 980-216-6670
Email: Dennis.Reiner@dcli.com
For General Inquiries
Email: domesticcommercial@dcli.com