EXHIBIT 10.14

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT



          AGREEMENT  made as of the 5th day of  January,  2000  (the  "Effective
Date"), by and between  Consolidated  Delivery & Logistics,  Inc., a corporation
formed under the laws of the State of Delaware  (the  "Company"),  and Albert W.
Van Ness, Jr. (the "Executive").


                              W I T N E S S E T H:


          WHEREAS,  the Company and  Executive  have entered into an  employment
agreement that expires as of the Effective Date (the "Prior Agreement"); and

          WHEREAS,  the Company wishes to ensure the continued employment of the
Executive  with the Company and the  Executive  wishes to accept such  continued
employment upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

          NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration of the premises and other good and
valuable  consideration,  receipt of which is hereby  acknowledged,  the parties
hereto agree as follows:

          1. Employment

          The Company  agrees to employ the Executive  during the Term specified
in section 2, and the Executive agrees to accept such employment, upon the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth.

          2. Term

          (a) Except as otherwise  provided in this  Section 2, the  Executive's
employment by the Company shall commence on the Effective Date and expire on the
close of business on January 4, 2003 (the "Term").

          (b)  Notwithstanding  Section  2(a)  above,  the Term and  Executive's
employment  hereunder  may terminate  prior to the end thereof  pursuant to this
Section 2(b) as set forth below, subject to the applicable provisions of Section
6 of this Agreement with respect to post-termination payments and benefits:

               (i) Either party shall have the right to  terminate  the Term and
Executive's  employment  hereunder  for any reason  whatsoever,  with or without
Cause (as hereinafter  defined),  by providing the other party hereto with sixty
(60) days' advance written notice of such termination.

               (ii) The Board of Directors of the Company  (the  "Board")  shall
have the right to terminate the Term and  Executive's  employment  hereunder for
Cause (as  hereinafter  defined)  by giving  written  notice to  Executive.  For
purposes  of this  Agreement,  the  term  "Cause"  shall  mean  the  Executive's
commission or omission of any act which  materially  and  adversely  affects the
Company and which  constitutes:  (a) a material  breach or  material  failure to

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perform his duties  under  applicable  law and such breach or failure to perform
constitutes self-dealing,  willful misconduct or recklessness, (b) commission of
an act of dishonesty in the performance of his duties hereunder or engagement in
conduct materially detrimental to the business of the Company, (c) conviction of
a felony involving moral  turpitude,  (d) willful and material breach or willful
and material  failure to perform his  obligations  and duties  hereunder,  which
breach or  failure  the  Executive  shall  fail to remedy  within 30 days  after
written demand from the Company, or (e) violation in any material respect of the
representations made in Section 17 below or the provisions of Sections 7 below.

               (iii) The  Executive  shall be entitled to terminate the Term and
Executive's  employment hereunder in the event that the Company is in default of
a material term of this Agreement, which default remains uncured for a period of
thirty (30) days after written  notice of such default from the Executive to the
Company,  such notice to specify the specific  nature of the claimed default and
the manner in which the Executive requires such default to be cured.

               (iv)  The  Term  and  Executive's   employment   hereunder  shall
automatically  terminate in the event  Executive  shall have become Disabled (as
hereinafter defined). For the purposes of this Agreement, the term "Disabled" as
used  herein  shall have the same  meaning as that term,  or such  substantially
equivalent term, has in any group disability  policy carried by the Company.  If
no such policy  exists,  the term  "Disabled"  shall mean the  occurrence of any
physical or mental condition which materially interferes with the performance of
Executive's  customary  duties  in  his  capacity  as  an  employee  where  such
disability  has  been  in  effect  for a  period  of six (6)  months  (excluding
permitted  vacation  time),  which  need not be  consecutive,  during any single
twelve (12) month period.

               (v)  The  Term  and   Executive's   employment   hereunder  shall
automatically terminate in the event of Executive's death.

         The  effective  date of  the termination of the Executive's  employment
with  the  Company,  regardless  of the reason therefor,  is referred to in this
Agreement as the "Date of Termination".

          3. Duties and Responsibilities

          (a) During the Term, the Executive shall have the position of Chairman
and Chief Executive  Officer of the Company and/or such other title or titles as
may be agreed between the Executive and the Company. The Executive shall perform
such duties and  responsibilities  as may  reasonably  be assigned to him by the
Board from time to time consistent with his position, and in the absence of such
assignment, such duties as are customary and commensurate with such position.

          (b) The Executive agrees that he will (i) devote his best efforts, and
all his skill and ability to promote the  interests of the  Company;  (ii) carry
out his duties in a competent  and  professional  manner;  (iii) work with other
employees  of the  Company in a  competent  and  professional  manner;  and (iv)
generally promote the interests of the Company.

          4. Compensation

          (a) As  compensation  for  all  services  rendered  by  the  Executive
pursuant to Section 3 above, the Company shall pay the Executive,  in accordance
with its normal payroll periods and practices,  base salary  compensation during

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the  first  year of the Term at an  annual  rate of  $300,000  per  anum  ("Base
Salary").  Effective  for the  period  January  5,  2001  to  January  4,  2002,
Executive's  Base Salary  shall be  increased  to $325,000 per annum and for the
period  January 5, 2002 to the expiration of the Term,  Executive's  Base Salary
shall be  increased  to  $350,000  per annum.  Without  limiting  the  foregoing
provision,  for each of the second and third years of the Term, the Compensation
Committee of the Board (the  "Compensation  Committee") will review  Executive's
annual Base Salary,  in light of the actual and expected  growth of the Company,
for the purpose of evaluating an increase in  Executive's  annual Base Salary in
addition to the scheduled increase herein.

          (b)  During  the Term,  the  Company  shall,  in  accordance  with the
Company's  executive  bonus  program,  pay the  Executive,  in  addition to Base
Salary,  a bonus for each fiscal year of the Company  which is  calculated  as a
percentage of Base Salary earned during the bonus measurement  period,  based on
the  business  plan  approved  by  the  Board,  hereinafter  referred  to as the
"Target".  The bonus will range, as provided in the executive bonus program,  in
increments from 0% of Base Salary if the Target is missed by 10% or more, to 60%
of Base  Salary if the Target is reached but not  exceeded,  and to 100% of Base
Salary if the Target is exceeded by 10% or more.

          In no event  shall the  Executive's  annual  bonus  exceed 100% of the
Executive's Base Salary for such year.

          (c) On the  Effective  Date and on each of January 5, 2001 and January
5, 2002, the Executive  shall be granted stock options to purchase 25,000 shares
of the Company's  common stock,  $.001 par value per share,  at exercise  prices
equal  to  the  fair  market  value  of the  Company's  common  stock  as of the
respective  dates of grant.  Such  options  shall be subject to the terms of the
applicable  stock  option  plan of the  Company  under  which such  options  are
granted,  except that all options once  granted  shall be fully vested and shall
not  terminate  for their  ten year  term  notwithstanding  any  termination  of
employment.

          (d) All  compensation  paid  to the  Executive  shall  be  subject  to
applicable tax withholding requirements.

          5. Expenses; Fringe Benefits

          (a) The Company agrees to pay or to reimburse the Executive during the
Term  for  all  reasonable,   ordinary  and  necessary   vouchered  business  or
entertainment  expenses incurred in the performance of his services hereunder in
accordance with the policy of the Company as from time to time in effect.

          (b) During the Term,  the Executive and, to the extent  eligible,  his
dependents,  shall be entitled to  participate in and receive all benefits under
any  employee  benefit  plans and  programs  provided by the Company  (including
without  limitation,   medical,  dental,   disability,   group  life  (including
accidental  death and  dismemberment)  and business  travel  insurance plans and
programs)  applicable  generally to executive officers of the Company,  subject,
however, to the terms and conditions of the various plans and programs in effect
from time to time.

          (c) During the Term,  the Company will provide the  Executive  with an
automobile allowance not to exceed $7,200 per year (or that amount equal to what
other  executives of the Company of similar  position are provided) to cover his
costs of leasing,  insuring,  garaging and  maintaining an automobile for use in
the business of the Company.

          (d) The Executive  shall be entitled to paid vacation  during the Term
of no less than 4 weeks per year and otherwise in  accordance  with the vacation
policy of the Company applicable  generally to executive officers of the Company

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in effect from time to time, to be taken at such time(s) as shall not materially
interfere with the Executive's fulfillment of his duties hereunder, and shall be
entitled to as many  holidays,  sick days and personal days as are in accordance
with the Company's policy then in effect for its executive officers generally.

          6. Termination

          (a) Upon  Executive's  termination of employment  for any reason,  the
Company  shall  pay the  Executive  (or  Executive's  estate in the event of his
death),  within five (5) business days following such  termination,  any accrued
but unpaid compensation as defined in Section 4(a) and (b) (including any unused
accrued vacation pay), any accrued by unpaid automobile  allowances,  any unpaid
reimbursement expenses outstanding as of the Date of Termination,  and Executive
and/or his  beneficiaries  shall be entitled to any benefits to which he or they
may be entitled to under the plans and programs  described in Section  5(b),  or
any  other  applicable  plans and  programs,  as of the Date of  Termination  in
accordance  with the terms of such plans and  programs.  In addition,  Executive
shall be entitled to the applicable payments and benefits set forth below.

          (b)  If,  during  the  Term,   Executive's   employment  hereunder  is
terminated  (i) by the Company for any reason other than Cause or  Disability or
(ii) by Executive  pursuant to Section  2(b)(iii),  then Executive shall receive
from the  Company as  liquidated  damages  (A) his then  applicable  Base Salary
compensation  (including  scheduled  increases  pursuant  to Section  4(a)) when
otherwise  payable  through the  remainder of the Term , and (B) bonuses for the
remainder  of  the  Term  in an  amount  equal  to the  highest  rate  of  bonus
(determined  as a percentage of Base Salary) paid the Executive  during the Term
(or,  if  termination  without  Cause is prior to the end of any full year bonus
period under the Company's Plan referred to in Section 4(b), then the percentage
shall be assumed to be 100%). In addition, the Company shall continue to provide
Executive with the benefits and perquisites set forth under Section 5(b) and (c)
for the remainder of the Term.  For purposes of this Section 6(b), the Term will
be deemed to continue until its scheduled  expiration  under Section 2(a) hereof
(determined without regard to the Executive's  termination of employment),or one
year after  termination if termination  occurs in the last 12 months of the Term
(determined without regard to the Executive's termination of employment).

          (c) If  Executive's  employment  with the Company  terminates  for any
reason within 360 days following a Change of Control,  the Company shall, within
twenty (20) days of  Executive's  Date of  Termination,  pay  Executive  (or his
estate in the event of his death) (A) a lump sum amount in cash equal to two (2)
times  the sum of (i)  the per  annum  Base  Salary  in  effect  on the  Date of
Termination,  and (ii) the highest annual bonus compensation earned by Executive
during his  employment  with the Company (or, if  termination  without  Cause is
prior to the end of any full year bonus period under the Company's Plan referred
to in Section 4(b),  then the percentage  shall be assumed to be 100%),  and (B)
any unpaid reimbursable expenses  outstanding,  and any unused accrued vacation,
as of the Date of  Termination.  In  addition,  the  Company  shall  continue to
provide Executive with the benefits and perquisites set forth under Section 5(b)
and (c) for the greater of the remainder of the Term (determined  without regard
to the  Executive's  termination  of  employment)  or two years from the Date of
Termination, as though the Executive had not terminated employment.

          For purposes of this  Agreement,  the term  "Change in Control"  shall
have the same  meaning  assigned  such term under the terms of the stock  option
plan of the Company in effect on the Effective  Date,  and any related terms set
forth in such plan used in defining Change in Control are hereby incorporated by
reference.  If Executive's employment is terminated by the Company without Cause
prior to the date of a Change in Control, but Executive reasonably  demonstrates
that the  termination  (A) was at the request of a third party who has indicated

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an intention or taken steps reasonably  calculated to effect a Change in Control
or (B) otherwise arose in connection  with, or in  anticipation  of, a Change in
Control which has been threatened or proposed,  such termination shall be deemed
to have  occurred  after a Change in  Control  for  purposes  of this  Agreement
provided a Change in Control shall actually have occurred.

          Notwithstanding   anything  contained  herein  to  the  contrary,  the
aggregate  amount  payable to the  Executive  (or his estate in the event of his
death)  pursuant to this  Section  6(c) shall be limited,  if  necessary,  to an
amount that is no more than the maximum  amount  which can be paid to  Executive
(or his estate) without causing any portion of such payment to be  nondeductible
by the Company  solely  because of Section 280G of the Internal  Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.

          7.  Confidential  Information In consideration of the covenants of the
Company herein, the Executive agrees as follows:

          (a) The Executive hereby agrees and  acknowledges  that he has and has
had access to or is aware of  Confidential  Information.  The  Executive  hereby
agrees that he shall keep  strictly  confidential  and will not during and after
the Term,  without the Company's  express written consent,  divulge,  furnish or
make  accessible  to any  person or  entity,  or make use of for the  benefit of
himself or others, any Confidential Information obtained, possessed, or known by
him  except as  required  in the  regular  course of  performing  the duties and
responsibilities  of his  employment  by the Company  while in the employ of the
Company,  and that he will, prior to or upon his Date of Termination  deliver or
return to the Company all such  Confidential  Information  that is in written or
other  physical or recorded  form or which has been  reduced to written or other
physical or recorded form, and all copies thereof, in his possession, custody or
control.  The  foregoing  covenant  shall  not  apply  to (i)  any  Confidential
Information  that becomes  generally known or available to the public other than
as a result of a breach of the  agreements  of the Executive  contained  herein,
(ii)  any  disclosure  of  Confidential  Information  by the  Executive  that is
expressly  required by judicial or administrative  order;  provided however that
the Executive shall have (x) notified the Company as promptly as possible of the
existence,  terms and circumstances of any notice,  subpoena or other process or
order  issued by a court or  administrative  authority  that may  require him to
disclose any Confidential  Information,  and (y) cooperated with the Company, at
the Company's  request,  in taking legally  available  steps to resist or narrow
such process or order and to obtain an order or other  reliable  assurance  that
confidential  treatment  will be given to such  Confidential  Information  as is
required to be disclosed.

          (b) For purposes of this Agreement,  "Confidential  Information" means
all non-public or proprietary information,  data, trade secrets,  "know-how", or
technology  with  respect  to any  products,  designs,  improvements,  research,
styles,  techniques,  suppliers,  clients,  markets,  methods  of  distribution,
accounting, advertising and promotion, pricing, sales, finances, costs, profits,
financial  condition,  organization,   personnel,  business  systems  (including
without   limitation   computer  systems,   software  and  programs),   business
activities,  operations,  budgets, plans, prospects, objectives or strategies of
the Company.

          8.  Post-Employment  Obligations In  consideration of the covenants of
the Company herein, the Executive agrees as follows:

          (a) The Executive agrees that his services hereunder are of a special,
unique,  extraordinary  and  intellectual  character,  and his position with the
Company  places  him in a  position  of  confidence  and trust  with  employees,
suppliers  and  clients  of  the  Company.  The  Executive  further  agrees  and
acknowledges that in the course of the Executive's  employment with the Company,
the  Executive  has been and will be  privy  to  Confidential  Information.  The
Executive  consequently  agrees  that it is  reasonable  and  necessary  for the

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protection of the trade  secrets,  goodwill and business of the Company that the
Executive make the covenants contained herein. Accordingly, the Executive agrees
that he shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, directly or
indirectly,  and  regardless of the reason for his ceasing to be employed by the
Company (other than a termination by the Executive pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii)
or by the Company for any reason other than Cause):

               (i) for a period of two years after the Date of  Termination,  be
          employed by or receive remuneration from either Dynamex,  Inc., United
          Shipping & Technology,  Inc., Dispatch  Management  Systems,  Inc., or
          AirNet  Systems,  Inc. or their  successors and assigns.  In addition,
          during the one-year period commencing on the Date of Termination,  the
          Employee  shall not be  employed by or receive  remuneration  from any
          other entity engaged in direct  competition with the Company or any of
          its  affiliates (a  "Competitor")  which is equal to or of lesser size
          than the Company (size being  determined by revenues for the four most
          recent Company fiscal quarters).

               (ii) for a one-year period after the Date of Termination  employ,
          solicit for  employment,  or advise or  recommend  to any other person
          that  they  employ  or  solicit  for  employment  or  retention  as  a
          consultant,  any person who is, or was at any time within  twelve (12)
          months prior to the Date of Termination,  an employee of, or exclusive
          consultant to, the Company.

          (b) If the Executive  commits a breach or is about to commit a breach,
of any of the  provisions of sections 7 or 8 hereof,  the Company shall have the
right to have the  provisions  of this  Agreement  specifically  enforced by any
court having equity  jurisdiction  without being  required to post bond or other
security and without having to prove the inadequacy of the available remedies at
law, it being  acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach
will cause  irreparable  injury to the Company and that money  damages  will not
provide an adequate remedy to the Company. In addition, the Company may take all
such other  actions and  remedies  available  to them under law or in equity and
shall be entitled to such damages as they can show they have sustained by reason
of such breach.

          (c) The parties  acknowledge  that the type and periods of restriction
imposed in the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 hereof are fair and reasonable and
are  reasonably  required  for the  protection  of the Company and the  goodwill
associated  with  the  business  of the  Company;  and  that  the  time,  scope,
geographic area and other provisions of Sections 7 and 8 have been  specifically
negotiated  by  sophisticated  parties and are given as an integral part of this
Agreement.  If any of the  covenants  in  Sections  7 and 8 hereof,  or any part
thereof, is hereafter  construed to be invalid or unenforceable,  the same shall
not affect the  remainder of the  covenants or  covenants,  which shall be given
full effect,  without  regard to the invalid  portions.  If any of the covenants
contained  in  Sections  7 and 8  hereof,  or any  part  thereof,  is held to be
unenforceable  because of the  duration of such  provision  or the area  covered
thereby,  the parties agree that the court making such determination  shall have
the power to reduce the  duration  and/or  areas of such  provision  and, in its
reduced form,  such  provision  shall then be  enforceable.  The parties  hereto
intend to and hereby confer  jurisdiction to enforce the covenants  contained in
Sections 7 and 8 hereof above upon the courts of any state or other jurisdiction
within the geographical scope of such covenants. In the event that the courts of
any one or more of such states or other  jurisdictions shall hold such covenants
wholly unenforceable by reason of the breadth of such scope or otherwise,  it is
the intention of the parties  hereto that such  determination  not bar or in any
way affect the right of the Company to the relief  provided  above in the courts
of any other states or other jurisdictions within the geographical scope of such
covenants,  as to breaches of such covenants in such other respective  states or
other  jurisdictions,  the above covenants as they relate to each state or other
jurisdiction  being,  for this purpose,  severable into diverse and  independent
covenants.

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          9. Intellectual Property

          During the Term, the Executive will disclose to the Company all ideas,
inventions and business  plans  developed by him during such period which relate
directly  or  indirectly  to the  business  of the  Company,  including  without
limitation,  any design,  logo,  slogan or campaign or any  process,  operation,
product or improvement which may be patentable or  copyrightable.  The Executive
agrees that all patents, licenses, copyrights,  tradenames,  trademarks, service
marks, advertising campaigns, promotional campaigns, designs, logos, slogans and
business  plans  developed  or  created  by the  Executive  in the course of his
employment hereunder,  either individually or in collaboration with others, will
be deemed works for hire and the sole and absolute property of the Company.  The
Executive  agrees,  that at the  Company's  request,  he  will  take  all  steps
necessary  to secure the rights  thereto to the Company by patent,  copyright or
otherwise.

          10. Enforceability

          The failure of any party at any time to require performance by another
party of any provision  hereunder shall in no way affect the right of that party
thereafter  to enforce the same,  nor shall it affect any other party's right to
enforce the same, or to enforce any of the other  provisions in this  Agreement;
nor shall the waiver by any party of the breach of any provision hereof be taken
or held to be a waiver of any subsequent breach of such provision or as a waiver
of the provision itself.

          11. Assignment

          This Agreement is a personal  contract and the Executive's  rights and
obligations  hereunder  may  not be  sold,  transferred,  assigned,  pledged  or
hypothecated  by the  Executive.  The  rights  and  obligation  of  the  Company
hereunder  shall be binding upon and run in favor of the  successors and assigns
of the Company;  provided,  however,  the Company may not assign or transfer its
rights or obligations  under this  Agreement  unless such assignee or transferee
assumes the liabilities,  obligations and duties of the Company, as contained in
this Agreement, either contractually or as a matter of law.

          12. Modification

          This  Agreement  may not be  orally  canceled,  changed,  modified  or
amended,  and no  cancellation,  change,  modification  or  amendment  shall  be
effective  or  binding,  unless in  writing  and  signed by the  parties to this
Agreement.

          13. Severability; Survival

          In the event any provision or portion of this  Agreement is determined
to be  invalid  or  unenforceable  for any  reason,  in whole  or in  part,  the
remaining  provisions of this Agreement  shall  nevertheless be binding upon the
parties  with the same  effect as though the invalid or  unenforceable  part had
been severed and deleted.  The respective  rights and obligations of the parties
hereunder  shall survive the  termination of the  Executive's  employment to the
extent necessary to the intended preservation of such rights and obligations.

          14. Life Insurance

          The  Executive  agrees that the Company shall have the right to obtain
life insurance on the Executive's  life, at the sole expense of the Company,  as
the case may be,  and with the  Company  as the sole  beneficiary  thereof.  The

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Executive shall (a) cooperate  fully in obtaining such life insurance,  (b) sign
any necessary  consents,  applications  and other related forms or documents and
(c) take any reasonably required medical examinations.

          15. Notice

          Any  notice,  request,  instruction  or  other  document  to be  given
hereunder by any party hereto to another  party shall be in writing and shall be
deemed  effective (a) upon person  delivery,  if delivered by hand, or (b) three
days  after the date of  deposit  in the  mails,  postage  prepaid  if mailed by
certified  or  registered  mail,  or (c) on the next  business  day,  if sent by
facsimile  transmission or prepaid overnight courier service,  and in each case,
addressed as follows:

                  If to the Executive:
                  Albert W. Van Ness, Jr.
                  186 Boulder Trial
                  Bronxville, NY  10708

                  If to the Company:
                  Consolidated Delivery & Logistics, Inc.
                  80 Wesley Street
                  South Hackensack, NJ  07606
                  Attn: General Counsel

Any party may  change  the  address  to which  notices  are to be sent by giving
notice  of such  change  of  address  to the other  party in the  manner  herein
provided for giving notice.

          16. Applicable Law

          The validity,  interpretation,  performance,  and  enforcement of this
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey. In addition,
the Executive,  and the Company irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the courts of the State of New Jersey and the United  States  District  Court
for the District of New Jersey for the purpose of any suit,  action,  proceeding
or judgment  relating to or arising out of this  Agreement and the  transactions
contemplated hereby. Service of process in connection with any such suit, action
or proceeding  may be served on the Executive  anywhere in the world by the same
methods as are  specified for the giving of notices  under this  Agreement.  The
Executive irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such
suit,  action  or  proceeding  and to the  laying  of venue in such  court.  The
Executive  irrevocably  waives any  objection to the laying of venue of any such
suit,  action or proceeding  brought in such courts and  irrevocably  waives any
claim that any such  suit,  action or  proceeding  brought in any such court has
been brought in an inconvenient forum.

          17. No Conflict

          The  Executive  represents  and warrants that he is not subject to any
agreement,  instrument,  order,  judgment  or decree  of any kind,  or any other
restrictive  agreement of any  character,  which would prevent him from entering
into  this  Agreement  or which  would be  breached  by the  Executive  upon his
performance of his duties pursuant to this Agreement.

          18. Entire Agreement

          This Agreement represents the entire agreement between the Company and
the  Executive  with  respect  to the  subject  matter  hereof,  and  all  prior

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agreements,  plans and arrangements  relating to the employment of the Executive
by the Company  (including without limitation the Prior Agreement) are nullified
and superseded hereby.

          19. Headings

          The headings  contained in this  Agreement are for reference  purposes
only, and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.

                                  CONSOLIDATED DELIVERY & LOGISTICS, INC.

                                   By:/s/________________________________
                                         Name: William T. Brannan
                                         Title:  President

                                     /s/_______________________________
                                         Albert W. Van Ness, Jr.