Document:

Exhibit 10.8

December 31, 2001

Mr. Keith R. Klein
Chief Financial Officer
Transport Corporation of America, Inc.
1769 Yankee Doodle Road
Eagan, MN 55121

RE: Supplement to (a) Employment Offer dated July 1, 1999 (the "Employment
Offer"), (b) Change of Control Severance Agreement dated September 10, 1999, and
(c) Amendment No. 1 to the Change in Control Severance Agreement dated September
10, 1999 ((b) and (c) collectively known as the "Change of Control Severance
Agreement")

Dear Keith:

This letter agreement will confirm our mutual agreement and understanding of
your employment with Transport Corporation of America, Inc. (the "Company") as
of the above date. All other terms and conditions of the Employment Offer and
the Change of Control Severance Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
except to the extent specifically modified by this letter agreement.

1.       SEVERANCE PACKAGE. In the event your employment is terminated for any
         reason other than your voluntary resignation or for Cause (as defined
         below) before a Change in Control (as defined in the Change of Control
         Severance Agreement) or after the Change in Control Severance Agreement
         is terminated (hereinafter, a "Termination"), you will receive the
         following severance package:

         A.       Salary. The Company will pay you an amount equal to twelve
                  (12) months of your base salary at the time of Termination,
                  payable in substantially equal installments in accordance with
                  the Company's payroll policy then in effect. Such payments
                  shall be subject to any payroll or other deductions as may be
                  required to be made by law, government order, or by agreement
                  with, or consent by, you.

         B.       Benefits. The Company will, for a period of twelve (12) months
                  following the Termination, reimburse you for the cost of any
                  life insurance, medical, disability, dental or other health
                  insurance provided to you immediately prior to the Termination
                  and for which you are eligible to maintain following the
                  Termination under COBRA. Benefits otherwise receivable by you
                  pursuant to the Sub-Paragraph (B) shall be reduced to the
                  extent comparable benefits are actually received by you from
                  another party during such period.

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         C.       Automobile. The Company will, for a period of three (3) months
                  following the Termination, permit you to continue to use the
                  Company's automobile provided to you immediately prior to the
                  Termination. Upon completion of such three (3) month period,
                  you will return the automobile in its same condition as prior
                  to the Termination.

         D.       Outplacement Services. The Company will reimburse you up to
                  Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) for individual outplacement
                  counseling.

         E.       Release. Following any Termination and prior to any payment by
                  the Company of any of the compensation contemplated by this
                  Paragraph 1, you must have provided the Company a release of
                  any and all claims you may then have against the Company, in
                  the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and all review and
                  rescission periods must have expired without you having
                  rescinded such release.

2.       DEFINITION OF CAUSE. For purposes of this letter agreement, "Cause"
         shall mean:

         A.       the willful and continued failure by you (other than failure
                  resulting from (1) your incapacity due to physical or mental
                  illness, (2) any such actual or anticipated failure after
                  notice of termination by the Company, or (3) the Company's
                  active or passive obstruction of the performance of your
                  duties and responsibilities) to perform substantially the
                  duties and responsibilities of your position with the Company
                  after a demand for substantial performance is delivered to you
                  by the Company's Board of Directors, which demand specifically
                  identified the manner in which the Board of Directors believes
                  that you have not substantially performed the duties or
                  responsibilities;

         B.       your conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction for
                  felony criminal conduct;

         C.       your willful engagement in fraud or dishonesty which is
                  demonstrably and materially injurious to the Company,
                  monetarily or otherwise; or

         D.       breach any covenant not to compete, confidentiality obligation
                  or other written contract with the Company or any subsidiary
                  of the Company.

         No act or failure to act, on your part shall be deemed "willful" unless
         committed or omitted by you in bad faith and without reasonable belief
         that your act or failure to act was in the best interest of the
         Company. You shall not be terminated for Cause unless and until the
         Company shall have delivered to you a copy of a resolution duly adopted
         by the affirmative vote of not less than three-quarters of the entire
         membership of the Board of Directors at a meeting of the Board of
         Directors called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to
         you and an opportunity for you together with your counsel, to be heard
         before the Board of Directors), finding that, in the good faith opinion
         of the Board of Directors, your conduct was Cause and specifying the
         particulars thereof in detail.

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3.       PROTECTIVE COVENANTS.

                  3.1 Definitions. For purposes of this paragraph 3, the terms
         listed below shall have the following meanings:

                  a.       "Confidential Information" shall mean any information
                           that is not generally known by the Company's
                           competitors or the general public. Subject to the
                           foregoing, Confidential Information includes, but is
                           not limited to, data of any type that was created by
                           you in the course of your employment by the Copmany;
                           data or conclusions or opinions formed by you in the
                           course of employment; manuals; trade secrets;
                           methods, procedures, or techniques pertaining to the
                           core business of the Company; specifications;
                           systems; price lists; marketing plans; sales or
                           service analyses; financial information; customer
                           names or customer specific information; supplier
                           names; employee names and personnel information;
                           research and development data; diagrams; drawings;
                           videotapes, audiotapes, or computerized media used as
                           training regimens; and notes, memoranda, notebooks,
                           and records or documents that were created or used by
                           you in the course of employment with the Company.
                           Confidential Information does not include information
                           that you can demonstrate by reliable, corroborated
                           documentary evidence (1) is generally available to
                           the public, (2) became generally available to the
                           public through no act or failure to act by you, or
                           (3) relates to a business or service not provided by
                           the Company on or before the date of your
                           termination.

                  b.       "Competing business" shall mean any person or entity
                           that competes, or is preparing to compete directly,
                           with (1) the hauling of freight or trucking business,
                           or (2) any of the products or services developed or
                           sold by the Company on or before the date of your
                           termination.

                  c.       "Render services" shall mean owning, managing,
                           operating, controlling, providing services to, being
                           employed by, consulting for, or otherwise
                           participating actively in, a business; provided,
                           however, that ownership of less than 1% of a class of
                           stock of a corporation, whether publicly traded or
                           privately held, shall not be deemed "rendering
                           services."

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                  d.       "Sell" and "sold" shall mean sell, lease, license,
                           market, or otherwise provide or attempt to provide
                           for compensation or advantage.

                  e.       "Customer" shall mean any person or entity that (1)
                           has a contract or business relationship with the
                           Company, (2) was negotiating to contract or enter
                           into a business relationship with the Company as of
                           the date of your termination, or (3) has, within the
                           last year of your employment with the Company,
                           purchased or leased products or services from the
                           Company.

                  3.2 Confidentiality Restrictions. You agree at all times to
         use all reasonable means to keep Confidential Information secret and
         confidential. You shall not at any time use, disclose, duplicate,
         record, or in any other manner reproduce in whole or in part any
         Confidential Information, except as necessary to determine compliance
         with your obligations under this letter agreement so long as such
         disclosure is not to a competitor of the Company. You shall not at any
         time render services to any person or entity if providing such services
         would require or likely result in using or disclosing Confidential
         Information. You acknowledge that use or disclosure of any of the
         Company's confidential or proprietary information in violation of this
         letter agreement would have a materially detrimental effect upon the
         Company, the monetary loss from which would be difficult, if not
         impossible, to measure. You agree that should you breach the
         confidentiality restrictions of this letter agreement, the Company will
         be entitled to seek injunctive relief and specific enforcement of this
         letter agreement.

                  3.3 Noncompetition. During such period of time, if any, that
         you receive compensation from the Company pursuant to Paragraph 1 of
         this letter agreement (the "Restriction Period"), you shall not render
         services, directly or indirectly, for a competing business anywhere
         within the United States, whether as an officer, director, owner,
         partner, affiliate, employee, contractor, or otherwise.

                  3.4 Nonsolicitation of Customers. During the Restriction
         Period, you agree that you will not:

                  a.       solicit or sell, or attempt to solicit or sell, to
                           any Company customer, services or products that
                           compete with services or products provided by the
                           Company, or that were in the process of being
                           developed by the Company during your employment; or

                  b.       interfere in any way with, or induce any Company
                           customer, supplier or other entity to terminate or
                           alter its business relationship with the Company.

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                  3.5 Nonsolicitation of Employees or Others. During the
         Restriction Period, you agree that you will not solicit or
         accept--directly or indirectly, as an individual or through any other
         person or entity--any active employee of the Company or retained
         consultant under contract with the Company for employment or any other
         arrangement for compensation to perform services for any other person,
         regardless of the nature of their business, or induce such persons to
         terminate or alter their relationship with the Company.

4.       MISCELLANEOUS. You may not assign any of your rights or delegate any of
         your duties or obligations under this letter agreement. The rights and
         obligations of the Company under this letter agreement shall inure to
         the benefit of and shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of
         the Company. This letter agreement shall be governed by, and construed
         in accordance with, the laws of the State of Minnesota, without
         reference to its conflict of law provisions. This letter agreement and
         the Change in Control Severance Agreement set forth the entire and
         final agreement and understanding of you and the Company and contains
         all of the agreements made between you and the Company with respect to
         the severance arrangements between you and the Company. This letter
         agreement and the Change in Control Severance Agreement supersede any
         and all other agreements, either oral or in writing, between you and
         the Company, with respect to the severance arrangements between you and
         the Company. No change or modification of this letter agreement shall
         be valid unless in writing and signed by you and the Company. This
         letter agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which
         shall be considered an original, but which when taken together, shall
         constitute one agreement.

Sincerely,

Michael J. Paxton
President and Chief Executive Officer

Agreed:
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          Keith R. Klein
          December 31, 2001

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                                     RELEASE

         I, Keith R. Klein, a resident of the State of Minnesota and employee or
former employee of Transport Corporation of America, Inc. a Minnesota
corporation ("Transport America"), do hereby release Transport America, its past
and present affiliates, and its and their past and present officers, directors,
agents, shareholders, employees, attorneys, insurers and indemnitors, acting in
their capacity as such (collectively, the "Releasees") from any and all claims
and causes of action, known or unknown, which I may have against any and all of
them. Through this release, I extinguish all causes of action against the
Releasees occurring up to the date hereof, including but not limited to any
contract, compensation or benefit claims; intentional infliction of emotional
distress, defamation or any other tort claims; all claims relating to my status
as an employee or officer of Transport America and its past and present
affiliates, including but not limited to any claims arising under Minnesota
Statutes, Chapter 302A and common law (other than claims for indemnification
otherwise available to me by Transport America or its insurance carriers which
shall remain available) and all claims arising from any federal, state or
municipal law or ordinance, including the Family and Medical Leave Act and the
Fair Labor Standards Act and all Minnesota labor and employment law statutes.
This release extinguishes any potential claims of employment discrimination
arising from my employment with and resignation from Transport America and any
of its past and present affiliates, including specifically any claims under the
Minnesota Human Rights Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act, Title VII of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act, and the
Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

         This release does not relinquish my claims with respect to (i) my
salary or accrued vacation pay earned through the date hereof or as provided in
Paragraph 1 of my letter agreement with Transport America dated December 31,
2001 (the "December 2001 Letter"), (ii) my vested accounts in Transport
America's 401(k) Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and Transport America's
Flexible Benefit Plan, if I participated in such Plans, (iii) eligible claims
under Transport America's health plan I have incurred on or before the date
hereof and (v) claims for reimbursements of business expenses.

         This release does not extinguish any claims which arise against
Transport America or any of its past or present affiliates after I sign this
agreement. I certify that I (a) have not filed any claims, complaints or other
actions against any Releasee and (b) am hereby waiving any right to recover from
any Releasee under any lawsuit or charge filed by me or any federal, state or
local agency on my behalf based upon any event occurring up to the date on which
I sign this release. I have reviewed my rights and responsibilities under this
release with my own lawyer.

         Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, I have 21 days to
review and consider this release and the severance benefits offered in the
December 2001 Letter. If I sign this release before 21 days have elapsed from
the date on which I first received it, then I will be voluntarily waiving my
right to the full 21-day review period. I also have the right to rescind this

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release within 15 calendar days of the date upon which I sign it. I understand
that if I desire to rescind this release, I must put the rescission in writing
and deliver it to Transport America, attn: Michael J. Paxton, 1715 Yankee Doodle
Drive, Eagan, MN 55121, by hand or by mail within 15 calendar days of the date
on which I sign this release. If I deliver the rescission by mail, it must be
postmarked within 15 calendar days of the date on which I sign this release and
sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.

If I rescind this agreement, all of Transport America's obligations to me under
the December 2001 Letter will immediately cease and Transport America will owe
me no amounts or benefits thereunder.

         This release is executed as of the ____ day of __________, 20____.

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                                        Keith R. Klein

STATE OF MINNESOTA     )
                       ) ss.
COUNTY OF ___________  )

         The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ___ day of
___________, 20___, by Keith R. Klein.

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Notary PublicExhibit 10.9

                     TRANSPORT CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC.
                             1715 YANKEE DOODLE ROAD
                                 EAGAN, MN 55121

January 31, 2002

Mr. Robert J. Meyers
7431 Dallas Court
Maple Grove, MN 55311

Dear Bob:

Effective November 12, 2001, you resigned as an executive officer of Transport
Corporation of America, Inc. ("Transport America"). Since that time, we have
together considered an opportunity to jointly develop a transportation
technology company which was to be known as "Techgistics." After careful
consideration, you and I have determined it not to be in your or our best
interests to jointly establish such a company.

Since November 12, 2001, you have remained an employee of Transport America.
This letter describes the agreement between you and Transport America regarding
your resignation as an employee and director of Transport America and as a
director and officer of its various subsidiaries and regarding your release of
claims against us. You have also agreed to certain confidentiality and
non-competition restrictions that also are reflected in this letter.

If, after reading this letter, you feel there is any discrepancy between our
conversations and the content of this letter, please contact either John Houston
or me.

Although neither Transport America nor you are obligated to each other beyond
your resignation and departure, you have agreed to comply with certain
employment and business restrictions and Transport America has offered to
provide you with the following benefits:

1.       Resignation and Salary Continuation. You and I hereby acknowledge and
         recognize your resignation from your position as our President and
         Chief Executive Officer, as well as any other officer positions you
         held, effective November 12, 2001. We appreciate your many valuable
         contributions during your tenure with Transport America. We will
         provide you an aggregate sum of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars
         ($450,000), payable in monthly installments of Twenty-Five Thousand
         Dollars ($25,000), subject to applicable withholding and payable in
         accordance with our normal payroll policy from time to time in effect,
         beginning November 12, 2001 and continuing through May 12, 2003.

         No sale or transfer of ownership of Transport America shall extinguish
         the obligations of Transport America hereunder. No breach may be
         declared unless and until the breaching party has been given written
         notice specifying the nature of the breach.

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2.       Benefits. If, in accordance with any applicable federal or state
         continuation coverage laws, including the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
         Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA), you elect continuation coverage
         under Transport America's medical, disability, dental or other health
         insurance provided you on November 12, 2001, we will continue to pay
         the employer portion of the premiums for such coverage through May 12,
         2003 or until you are no longer eligible to continue such coverage, or
         if you receive comparable benefits from another employer (including the
         level of benefits and cost to you), whichever occurs first. All rights
         which you may have under Transport America's group plans are subject to
         the terms of such plans, applicable laws and the continuation of such
         plans for active Transport America employees.

3.       Performance Bonus. You will remain eligible to receive any incentive
         bonus compensation to which you would otherwise have been entitled on
         December 31, 2001 assuming you then held the position of President and
         CEO. You will not be entitled to any bonus for any period following
         December 31, 2001.

4.       Automobile. Within the 10 days following the date of this letter, you
         may, if desired, purchase the automobile provided by us prior to the
         date of this letter at a price equal to its book value on our books. If
         you do not elect to purchase the automobile, you will return it on or
         before such 10th day.

5.       Board of Directors. Concurrent with execution of this letter, you will
         provide a written resignation from our Board of Directors, effective
         immediately following the November 28, 2001 meeting.

6.       Stock Options. You currently hold the following options to purchase
         Transport America common stock:

                  (i)      September 16, 1998 grant (the "1998 Grant") to
                           purchase an aggregate 20,000 shares at $10.438 per
                           share, all of which are currently vested;

                  (ii)     May 17, 2000 grant (the "2000 Grant) to purchase an
                           aggregate 77,450 shares at $5.81 per share, 19,363 of
                           which vested May 17, 2001, 19,363 of which will vest
                           May 17, 2002 and the remainder of which vest in
                           future years;

                  (iii)    July 17, 2001 grant (the "2001 Grant") to purchase an
                           aggregate 34,615 shares at $6.65 per share, all of
                           which vest on or after July 17, 2002.

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         Effective upon the expiration of the 15-day rescission period described
         in paragraph 7 of this agreement and provided that you have not
         rescinded this agreement within such 15-day period, our Board of
         Directors has agreed to accelerate the vesting of the portion of the
         2000 Grant otherwise vesting on May 17, 2002 so that you will be
         eligible to exercise options on 38,726 shares covered by the 2000 Grant
         (the "Retained Options"). Otherwise, the terms and conditions of your
         stock options, whether vested or unvested, remain the same and you must
         exercise any or all eligible options in accordance with the terms of
         such options, recognizing that your employment terminated on the date
         of this letter. In partial consideration for our agreement to
         accelerate these stock options, you hereby agree to relinquish all
         rights and to cancel the 1998 Grant, the 2001 Grant and options
         covering 38,724 shares granted by the 2000 Grant (i.e., all but the
         Retained Options), all effective November 12, 2001.

In consideration for the payments and benefits set forth above, you agree as
follows:

7.       Release. You hereby release Transport America, its past and present
         subsidiaries, and its and their past and present officers, directors,
         agents, shareholders, employees, attorneys, insurers and indemnitors,
         acting in their capacity as such (collectively, the "Releasees") from
         any and all claims and causes of action, known or unknown, which you
         may have against any and all of them arising from or relating to your
         employment relationship with, or position as an officer or member of
         the Board of Directors of, Transport America or any of its past or
         present subsidiaries. Through this release, you extinguish all causes
         of action against the Releasees occurring up to the date on which you
         sign this agreement, including but not limited to any contract,
         compensation or benefit claims; intentional infliction of emotional
         distress, defamation or any other tort claims arising from your
         employment relationship with or position of officer or director of
         Transport America; all claims relating to your status as an employee,
         director and officer of Transport America and its past and present
         subsidiaries, including but not limited to any claims arising under
         Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 302A and common law (other than claims for
         indemnification otherwise available to you by Transport America or its
         insurance carriers which shall remain available) and all claims arising
         from any federal, state or municipal law or ordinance, including the
         Family and Medical Leave Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act and all
         Minnesota labor and employment law statutes. This release extinguishes
         any potential claims of employment discrimination arising from your
         employment with and resignation from Transport America and any of its
         past and present subsidiaries, including specifically any claims under
         the Minnesota Human Rights Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act,
         Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Older Workers Benefit
         Protection Act, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

         This release does not relinquish your claims with respect to (i) your
         salary or accrued vacation pay earned through November 12, 2001 or as
         provided in paragraph 1 of this agreement, (ii) any bonus for Transport
         America's fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 that may be payable under
         any bonus plan in effect for such fiscal year, (iii) your vested
         accounts in Transport America's 401(k) Plan, Employee Stock Purchase
         Plan, the Retained Options and Transport America's Flexible Benefit

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         Plan, if you participated in such Plans, (iv) eligible claims under
         Transport America's health plan you have incurred on or before the date
         hereof and (v) claims for reimbursements of business expenses.

         This release does not extinguish any claims which arise against
         Transport America or any of its past or present subsidiaries after you
         sign this agreement. You certify that you (a) have not filed any
         claims, complaints or other actions against any Releasee and (b) are
         hereby waiving, as provided above, any right to recover from any
         Releasee under any lawsuit or charge filed by you or any federal, state
         or local agency on your behalf based upon any event occurring up to the
         date on which you sign this agreement. You are advised by Transport
         America to review your rights and responsibilities under this agreement
         with your own lawyer.

         Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, you have 21 days to
         review and consider this offer. If you sign this letter before 21 days
         have elapsed from the date on which you first receive it (the date of
         this letter), then you will be voluntarily waiving your right to the
         full 21-day review period. You also have the right to rescind this
         agreement within 15 calendar days of the date upon which you sign it.
         You understand that if you desire to rescind this agreement, you must
         put the rescission in writing and deliver it to Transport America,
         attn: William D. Slattery, 1715 Yankee Doodle Drive, Eagan, MN 55121,
         by hand or by mail within 15 calendar days of the date on which you
         sign this agreement. If you deliver the rescission by mail, it must be
         postmarked within 15 calendar days of the date on which you sign this
         agreement and sent by certified mail, return receipt requested.

         If you rescind this agreement, all of Transport America's obligations
         to you under this agreement will immediately cease, Transport America
         will owe you no amounts or benefits hereunder. If you rescind this
         agreement, you further agree to reimburse us for all payments
         heretofore made to you pursuant paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this
         agreement.

8.       Protective Covenants.

                  8.1 Definitions. For purposes of this paragraph 8, the terms
         listed below shall have the following meanings:

                  a.       "Confidential Information" shall mean any information
                           that is not generally known by Transport America's
                           competitors or the general public. Subject to the
                           foregoing, Confidential Information includes, but is
                           not limited to, data of any type that was created by
                           you in the course of your employment by Transport
                           America; data or conclusions or opinions formed by
                           you in the course of employment; manuals; trade
                           secrets; methods, procedures, or techniques
                           pertaining to the core business of Transport America;

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                           specifications; systems; price lists; marketing
                           plans; sales or service analyses; financial
                           information; customer names or customer specific
                           information; supplier names; employee names and
                           personnel information; research and development data;
                           diagrams; drawings; videotapes, audiotapes, or
                           computerized media used as training regimens; and
                           notes, memoranda, notebooks, and records or documents
                           that were created or used by you in the course of
                           employment with Transport America. Confidential
                           Information does not include information that you can
                           demonstrate by reliable, corroborated documentary
                           evidence (1) is generally available to the public,
                           (2) became generally available to the public through
                           no act or failure to act by you, or (3) relates to a
                           business or service not provided by Transport America
                           on or before November 12, 2001.

                  b.       "Competing business" shall mean any person or entity
                           that competes, or is preparing to compete directly,
                           with (1) the hauling of freight or trucking business,
                           or (2) any of the products or services developed or
                           sold by Transport America on or before November 12,
                           2001.

                  c.       "Render services" shall mean owning, managing,
                           operating, controlling, providing services to, being
                           employed by, consulting for, or otherwise
                           participating actively in, a business; provided,
                           however, that ownership of less than 1% of a class of
                           stock of a corporation, whether publicly traded or
                           privately held, shall not be deemed "rendering
                           services."

                  d.       "Sell" and "sold" shall mean sell, lease, license,
                           market, or otherwise provide or attempt to provide
                           for compensation or advantage.

                  e.       "Customer" shall mean any person or entity that (1)
                           has a contract or business relationship with
                           Transport America, (2) was negotiating to contract or
                           enter into a business relationship with Transport
                           America as of November 12, 2001, or (3) has, within
                           the last year of your employment with Transport
                           America, purchased or leased products or services
                           from Transport America.

                  8.2 Confidentiality Restrictions. You agree at all times to
         use all reasonable means to keep Confidential Information secret and
         confidential. You shall not at any time use, disclose, duplicate,
         record, or in any other manner reproduce in whole or in part any
         Confidential Information, except as necessary to determine compliance
         with your obligations under this letter agreement so long as such
         disclosure is not to a competitor of Transport America. You shall not
         at any time render services to any person or entity if providing such
         services would require or likely result in using or disclosing
         Confidential Information. You acknowledge that use or disclosure of any
         of Transport America's confidential or proprietary information in
         violation of this letter agreement would have a materially detrimental

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         effect upon Transport America, the monetary loss from which would be
         difficult, if not impossible, to measure. You agree that should you
         breach the confidentiality restrictions of this letter agreement,
         Transport America will be entitled to seek injunctive relief and
         specific enforcement of this letter agreement.

                  8.3 Noncompetition. The business of Techgistics does and will
         involve the development, sale and servicing of information technology,
         software, software support and related hardware to the trucking and
         freight hauling industry. Nothing in this agreement shall be construed
         to preclude Meyers from ownership or engaging in any business or
         enterprise that renders such services. It is understood and agreed that
         Transport America does not deem such activities as "competition" for
         purposes of this agreement

                  From the date of execution of this Agreement through May 12,
         2003 (the "Restriction Period"), you shall not render services,
         directly or indirectly, for a competing business anywhere within the
         United States, whether as an officer, director, owner, partner,
         affiliate, employee, contractor, or otherwise.

                  8.4 Nonsolicitation of Customers. During the Restriction
         Period, you agree that you will not:

                  a.       solicit or sell, or attempt to solicit or sell, to
                           any Transport America customer, services or products
                           that compete with services or products provided by
                           Transport America, or that were in the process of
                           being developed by Transport America during your
                           employment; or

                  b.       interfere in any way with, or induce any Transport
                           America customer, supplier or other entity to
                           terminate or alter its business relationship with
                           Transport America.

                  8.5 Nonsolicitation of Employees or Others. During the
         Restriction Period, you agree that you will not solicit or
         accept--directly or indirectly, as an individual or through any other
         person or entity--any active employee of Transport America or retained
         consultant under contract with Transport America for employment or any
         other arrangement for compensation to perform services for any other
         person, regardless of the nature of their business, or induce such
         persons to terminate or alter their relationship with Transport
         America.

9.       Return of Property. You will, upon request by any officer of Transport
         America, return any Transport America property in your possession and
         all copies thereof, including but not limited to all office equipment,
         keys, documents, hardware and software and specifically including any
         Confidential Information.

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This agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when executed and
delivered, shall constitute one and the same instrument. This agreement shall
not in any way be construed as an admission of liability by Transport America or
as an admission that we have acted wrongfully with respect to you. We
specifically deny and disclaim any such liability or wrongful acts. In the event
that any provision of this agreement is found to be illegal or unenforceable,
such provision will be severed or modified to the extent necessary to make it
enforceable, and as so severed or modified, the remainder of this agreement
shall remain in full force and effect. No change or modification of this letter
agreement shall be valid unless in writing and signed by you and Transport
America.

This agreement sets forth the entire agreement between you and Transport America
and fully supersedes any prior agreements, contracts or understandings between
you and Transport America. You may not assign any of your rights or delegate any
of your duties or obligations under this agreement. This agreement shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
Minnesota, without reference to its conflict of law provisions.

If this letter accurately reflects our understanding and agreement, please sign
the original and copy and return the original to me. The copy is for your file.

We sincerely appreciate your services to Transport America and its affiliates
and wish you well in new endeavors.

Very truly yours,

TRANSPORT CORPORATION OF AMERICA, INC.

By:
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   William D. Slattery, Chairman

Read and agreed to, with declarations confirmed,
this _____ day of January, 2002

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Robert J. Meyers

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                                     EXHIBIT
                                       TO
                                RELEASE AGREEMENT

_____________, 2002

William D. Slattery
Transport Corporation of America, Inc.
1715 Yankee Doodle Road
Eagan, MN 55121

Dear Bill:

This letter, signed and dated more than 15 days after I signed the agreement
between Transport America me, dated January 11, 2002, is to certify that I have
taken no steps to exercise my 15-day right of rescission, as described in
paragraph 7 of the agreement.

Very truly yours,

Robert J. Meyers

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