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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.8

                        ADDENDUM TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS ADDENDUM TO EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT  (the  "Addendum") is made as of
the 7th day of June,  2000,  effective as of the 24th day of June,  1999, by and
between  TARGET  LOGISTICS,  INC., a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Company") and
STUART HETTLEMAN (the "Executive").

                             INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT

         The Company and Executive entered into an Employment Agreement dated as
of June 24, 1996 (the  "Original  Agreement").  The parties desire to extend the
term of the Original  Agreement for an  additional  three-year  term,  and amend
certain other provisions of the Original Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE,  for good and valuable  consideration,  the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

          A.   All  capitalized  terms not  otherwise  defined in this  Addendum
               shall have the meanings set forth in the Original Agreement.

          B.   The first  sentence of Section 2(a) of the  Original  Agreement s
               amended in it entirety to read as follows:

               The  Executive  shall  serve as  President  and  Chief  Executive
               Officer of the Company and as Executive Vice President of each of
               Amertranz and CAS for a term commencing on the Commencement  Date
               and expiring on June 30, 2002.

          C.   The first  sentence of Section 3(a) of the Original  Agreement is
               amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                         Base   Salary.   In   consideration   of  his
                    employment hereunder, the Company shall pay to the
                    Executive,  in such  installments  as shall accord
                    with the normal pay practices of the Company,  but
                    no less frequently than monthly,  an annual salary
                    at the initial  rate of $166,833  per annum ("Base
                    Salary").

          D.   Section 3(c) of the Original  Agreement is hereby  amended in its
               entirety to read as follows:

                         Definition  of EBITDA.  For  purposes of this
                    Agreement,  the term "EBITDA"  shall be the sum of
                    (1) $5,233,026 plus (2) the income of the Company,
                    but before any (i) interest  expense,  (ii) income
                    taxes  or  other  taxes  based  on  income,  (iii)
                    amortization  expense,  (iv) depreciation expense,
                    and (v) any extraordinary or other one-kind income
                    or loss.  The  calculation  of  clause  (2) in the
                    above  formula  shall be derived  from the audited
                    financial  statements of the Company,  computed in
                    accordance  with  generally  accepted   accounting
                    principles, consistently applied.

          E.   Section  7(b) of the  Original  Agreement  is hereby  amended  to
               delete  subsection (ii) thereof in its entirety,  and redesignate
               subsection (iii) thereof as subsection (ii) thereof.

          F.   Section 10(b) of the Original  Agreement is hereby amended in its
               entirety to read as follows:

                         The  interpretation  and construction of this
                    Agreement  shall  be  governed  by the laws of the
                    State of Maryland.


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          G.   The first  sentence of Section 11 of the  Original  Agreement  is
               hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:

                         Arbitration.  Disputes  between  the  parties
                    arising  under or with  respect to this  Agreement
                    shall be submitted to  arbitration  in the City of
                    Baltimore,  Maryland, by a single arbitrator under
                    the rules of the American Arbitration  Association
                    or a  similar  organization,  and the  arbitration
                    award  shall  be  binding  upon  the  parties  and
                    enforceable    in   any    court   of    competent
                    jurisdiction.

          H.   Section 12(b) of the Original Agreement is hereby amended to read
               in its entirety as follows:

                         All notices or other communications described
                    herein or contemplated  hereby shall be in writing
                    and shall be  deemed  to have  been duly  given if
                    transmitted by facsimile  (with proof of delivery)
                    or mailed by registered or certified mail,  return
                    receipt requested (i) if to the Company,  directed
                    to Target  Logistics,  Inc., 112 East 25th Street,
                    Baltimore,  Maryland  21218,  and  (ii)  if to the
                    Executive,  directed to Mr.  Stuart  Hettleman  at
                    P.O. Box 160,  Stevenson,  Maryland  21153,  or to
                    such other  address as the  parties may in writing
                    establish by notice in accordance herewith.

          I.   In all other respects, the Original Agreement, as amended hereby,
               shall remain in full force and effect.

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

WITNESS:                                TARGET LOGISTICS, INC.


       /s/                              By:    /s/ Philip J. Dubato
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                                           Philip J. Dubato, Vice President

WITNESS:


       /s/                              By:    /s/ Stuart Hettleman
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                                           Stuart Hettleman