Document:

<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.16

                          WAIVER AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                           LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

                  THIS WAIVER AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(this "Waiver and Amendment"), dated as of January 31, 2003, is entered into by
and among Fleet Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent (the
"Administrative Agent"), Fleet Capital Canada Corporation, as Canadian Agent
(the "Canadian Agent"), the Lenders and Canadian Participating Lenders party to
the Loan Agreement (as defined below), Celadon Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("CGI"), Celadon Trucking Services, Inc., a New Jersey corporation
("CTSI"), TruckersB2B, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("TB2B"), and Celadon
Canada, Inc., an Ontario corporation ("CCI" and together with CGI, CTSI and
TB2B, collectively, the "Borrowers"), with reference to the following facts:

                                    RECITALS

                  A.       The Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, the
Lenders, the Canadian Participating Lenders and the Borrowers are parties to the
Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2002 (the "Loan
Agreement"), pursuant to which the Lenders have provided the Borrowers with
certain credit facilities.

                  B.       The Borrowers currently are in default under Sections
10.1.4 and 10.1.5 of the Loan Agreement given the Borrowers' breach of each of
the following provisions of the Loan Agreement and the side letter agreement,
dated September 26, 2002, by and among the parties to the Loan Agreement (the
"Closing Side Letter"):

                           (i)      Section 5.5 of the Loan Agreement, due to
the Borrowers' failure to cause Morgan Stanley & Co. to enter into an acceptable
securities account control agreement with the Administrative Agent within 30
days after the Closing Date.

                           (ii)     Section 6.2.4 of the Loan Agreement, due to
the failure by the Borrowers to establish, implement and maintain acceptable
Dominion Account arrangements for the direct deposit of payments and other
remittances on Accounts owed by Account Debtors in Canada within forty-five (45)
days after the Closing Date;

                           (iii)    Section 6.2.5 of the Loan Agreement, due to
the deposit by the Borrowers of certain collections on their Accounts into the
Borrowers' operating deposit account at KeyBank National Association rather than

                                       1
<PAGE>

into the Borrowers' domestic lockbox-related deposit account or a Dominion
Account;

                           (iv)     Section 8.1.13 of the Loan Agreement, due to
the failure by the Borrowers to ensure that the Administrative Agent has a
perfected Lien on each motor vehicle owned by the Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date;

                           (v)      Section 1 of the Closing Side Letter, due to
CTSI's failure to executed and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Indiana
mortgage on the Jonesville Property referred to therein within 90 days after the
Closing Date; and

                           (vi)     Section 4 of the Closing Side Letter, due to
the failure by the Domestic Borrowers to deliver to the Administrative Agent the
original certificate of title for each motor vehicle in which the Administrative
Agent has a first-priority security interest within 30 days after the Closing
Date.

(The foregoing breaches of the Loan Agreement and the Closing Side Letter
hereinafter are referred to collectively as the "Existing Events of Default".)

                  C.       The Borrowers have requested that the Lenders waive
each of the Existing Events of Default, and the Lenders are willing to do so and
to establish new deadlines for the Borrowers' compliance with, or otherwise
modify, the terms of the Loan Agreement and the Closing Side Letter on the terms
and conditions set forth below.

                  D.       LaSalle Bank National Association ("LaSalle") has
determined that it cannot act as a Canadian Participating Lender, and Fleet
therefore has agreed to purchase all of LaSalle's interests in the Canadian
Revolving Credit Loans and the Canadian Term Loan in exchange for the sale by
Fleet to LaSalle of a portion of Fleet's interest in the Domestic Term Loan.

                  E.       For the administrative convenience of the
Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Agent wishes to
transfer responsibility to the Administrative Agent for certain ministerial loan
and collateral administrative duties under the Loan Documents.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:

         1.       Defined Terms. Any and all initially capitalized terms used in
this Waiver and Amendment (including, without limitation, in the recitals
hereto) without definition shall have the respective meanings specified in the
Loan Agreement.

                                       2
<PAGE>

         2.       Waiver of Existing Events of Default. The Lenders hereby waive
each of the Existing Events of Default. Such waiver by the Lenders shall
constitute a waiver of only the Existing Events of Default and not a waiver of
any future breach of any provision of the Loan Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents.

         3.       Consent to Assignments by LaSalle and Fleet. The Borrowers and
the Lenders hereby consent to the assignment by LaSalle to Fleet of all of
LaSalle's existing pro rata share of each of the Canadian Revolving Loans (i.e.,
$1,090,909.08) and the Canadian Term Loan (i.e., $235,341.82) and to the
assignment by Fleet to LaSalle of $1,326,250.90 of Fleet's existing pro rata
share of the Domestic Term Loan effective as of the Closing Date.

         4.       Remittance of Interest Payments on Assigned Domestic Term Loan
Commitment. LaSalle hereby acknowledges that the Administrative Agent has held
La Salle's pro rata share of the interest payments made by the Domestic
Borrowers since the Closing Date on the Domestic Term Loan. The Administrative
Agent hereby agrees to remit all such interest payments to LaSalle promptly upon
the effectiveness of this Waiver and Amendment.

         5.       Amendment to Schedule of Lender Commitments. Exhibit 1.1 to
the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read in full as set forth on Exhibit 1.1
to this Waiver and Amendment.

         6.       Deletion of Second Domestic Term Loan Advance. The Borrowers
have offered not to request funding of the Second Domestic Term Loan Advance
described in Section 1.3.1 of the Loan Agreement, and therefore Section 1.3.1 of
the Loan Agreement is hereby amended to read in full as follows:

                  "1.3.1   Domestic Term Loan Subfacility. On the Closing Date,
each Domestic Lender, severally and not jointly, agrees to make a term loan to
CGI in the aggregate principal amount of such Domestic Lender's Domestic Term
Loan Commitment (collectively, the "Domestic Term Loan"), such that the
aggregate original principal amount of the Domestic Term Loan shall be
$9,593,080. The Domestic Term Loan shall be repayable in accordance with the
terms of the applicable Term Notes and shall be secured by all of the Domestic
Collateral. The Domestic Term Loan shall constitute a subfacility under the
Domestic Revolving Credit Loans facility, and the proceeds of the Domestic Term
Loan shall be used solely for the purposes for which the proceeds of the
Domestic Revolving Credit Loans are authorized to be used."

         7.       Amendments to Mandatory Prepayments Provision. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in Section 3.3.1 of the Loan Agreement:

                                       3
<PAGE>

                  (a)      if any Borrower exercises a purchase option with
                           respect to any motor vehicle leased by such Borrower,
                           and such Borrower thereafter re-sells such vehicle to
                           the lessor or any other third party, the Borrowers
                           shall be required to prepay the principal amount of
                           the applicable Term Loan made on the basis of such
                           vehicle in an amount equal to the positive difference
                           between (i) the amount received by such Borrower from
                           the sale of such vehicle to the lessor and (ii) the
                           amount paid by such Borrower to the lessor or any
                           other third party in the exercise of such Borrower's
                           purchase option under the lease; and

                  (b)      if any Borrower sells any motor vehicle with the
                           intention of subsequently purchasing a replacement
                           vehicle, the Borrowers shall forward to the
                           Administrative Agent all net proceeds of such sale
                           and the Administrative Agent shall apply such
                           proceeds to reduce the outstanding Revolving Credit
                           Loans. The Administrative Agent shall block borrowing
                           availability under the Revolving Credit Loan facility
                           in the amount of such payment (the "availability
                           block"). If the applicable Borrower repurchases a
                           replacement motor vehicle within 90 days after the
                           sale of its old vehicle, subject to documentation
                           acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the
                           Administrative Agent shall make a Revolving Credit
                           Loan to the Borrowers in the amount of the
                           availability block plus, subject to additional
                           borrowing availability, such additional amount as may
                           be required to finance such Borrower's payment of the
                           purchase price of such replacement vehicle. In such
                           event, the Borrower promptly shall take such actions
                           as may be necessary to ensure the perfection of the
                           Administrative Agent's Lien on such replacement
                           vehicle. If such Borrower fails to purchase a
                           replacement vehicle by such 90-day deadline, the
                           Administrative Agent shall make a Revolving Credit
                           Loan to the Borrowers in the amount of the
                           availability block and shall apply the proceeds of
                           such Loan to reduce the outstanding principal balance
                           of the applicable Term Loan made on the basis of such
                           sold motor vehicle, in accordance with Section 3.3.1
                           of the Loan Agreement.

         8.       Extension of Deadline for Establishment of Canadian Dominion
Account. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 6.2.4 of
the Loan Agreement, the Borrowers shall establish a Dominion Account with Scotia
Bank, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, for the direct deposit
of payments and other remittances with respect to Accounts owed to any

                                       4
<PAGE>

of the Borrowers by Account Debtors located in Canada no later than February 7,
2003.

         9.       Extension of Deadline for Direct Deposit of U.S. Accounts into
Domestic Lockbox Account. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in
Section 6.2.5 of the Loan Agreement, the Borrowers, which have caused the
Administrative Agent to achieve less than full dominion over the proceeds of
Accounts owed to the Borrowers by Account Debtors in the U.S. or Mexico, shall
provide the Administrative Agent, until the Administrative Agent advises the
Borrowers that it no longer requires such reports, with daily reports detailing
the amount of deposits and the names of the Account Debtors who have made
payments with respect to all proceeds of Accounts deposited into the Borrowers'
operating deposit account at KeyBank National Association. In addition, the
Borrowers shall cause all amounts so deposited into such operating account to be
transferred on the next business day into the Borrowers' Dominion Account for
domestic and Mexican Accounts. The Borrowers shall continue to use their best
efforts to cause all of their Account Debtors in the United States and Mexico to
remit payments on Accounts directly to the Borrowers' Dominion Account for
domestic and Mexican Accounts.

         10.      Extension of Deadline for Perfection of Administrative Agent's
Lien on Motor Vehicles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in
Section 8.1.13 of the Loan Agreement, the Borrowers shall use their best efforts
to cause the Administrative Agent to have a perfected Lien on each motor vehicle
owned by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries no later than January 31, 2003. If
despite such efforts, the Borrowers are unable to cause the Administrative Agent
to have a perfected lien on such vehicles by such deadline, the Administrative
Agent shall establish a reserve against borrowing availability under the
Borrowers' Revolving Credit Loans facility in an amount sufficient to ensure
that the Administrative Agent has full collateral security for the Term Loans.
The Administrative Agent from time to time thereafter shall reduce such reserve
as its Lien becomes perfected on additional motor vehicles of the Borrowers.

         11.      Perfection of Lien on Additional Freightliner Vehicles. The
Borrowers shall take all actions reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent to ensure that the Administrative Agent has a perfected Lien on each of
the eleven (11) Freightliner vehicles of the Borrowers formerly encumbered in
favor of CitiCapital no later than February 7, 2003.

         12.      Monthly Statements for Morgan Stanley Account. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in Section 5.5 of the Loan Agreement, the
Borrowers shall not be required to cause Morgan Stanley & Co. to execute an
acceptable securities account control agreement in favor of the Administrative
Agent or close the Borrowers' existing securities account with Morgan Stanley &
Co. Instead, the Borrowers shall cause Morgan Stanley & Co. to send the

                                       5
<PAGE>

Administrative Agent a copy of each monthly statement of activity sent by Morgan
Stanley to the Borrowers with respect to such account; provided, however, if
such account at any time hereafter is converted from a hedging account to a cash
account (i.e., an account with cash balances), the Borrowers promptly shall
provide the Administrative Agent with notice of such conversion and shall either
cause Morgan Stanley & Co. to enter into a control agreement, reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with respect to such account, or close
such account and transfer the funds on deposit in such account to a new account
under the control of the Administrative Agent.

         13.      Negative Pledge on Jonesville Warehouse. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in paragraph 1 of the Closing Side Letter,
CTSI shall not be required to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an
acceptable mortgage covering CTSI's warehouse located in Jonesville, Indiana
(the "Jonesville Warehouse"). Instead, on or before the effective date of this
Waiver and Amendment, CTSI shall execute a negative pledge in favor of the
Administrative Agent with respect to the Jonesville Warehouse, which shall be in
recordable form and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent (the "Negative Pledge"); provided, however, if CTSI at any time hereafter
becomes permitted to grant a second mortgage lien with respect to the Jonesville
Warehouse, CTSI promptly shall execute such a mortgage in favor of the
Administrative Agent.

         14.      Monthly Vehicle Reconciliations. Concurrently with their
delivery of the monthly financial statements required under Section 8.1.3(c) of
the Loan Agreement, the Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, the
Canadian Agent and each Lender a reconciliation of the Borrowers' vehicle fleet,
indicating all motor vehicle sales, purchases and accidents or other vehicle
dispositions for the preceding month and otherwise in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

         15.      Periodic Vehicle Audits. The Borrowers acknowledge and agree
that the Administrative Agent shall have the right, not less frequently than
each June and December during the term of the Loan Agreement, to audit the
Borrowers' fleet of motor vehicles at the Borrowers' expense, and the Borrowers
agree to cooperate reasonably with all such audits.

         16.      Elimination of $100,000 Availability Reserve. On the effective
date of this Waiver and Amendment, the Administrative Agent shall remove its
current reserve against availability under the Domestic Revolving Credit Loan
facility in the amount of $100,000. The removal of such reserve by the
Administrative Agent shall not diminish the right of the Administrative Agent
under Section 1.1.4 of the Loan Agreement to impose additional availability
reserves from time to time under the Domestic Revolving Credit Loan facility in
such amounts as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably deem necessary or
appropriate.

                                       6
<PAGE>

         17.      Delegation By Fleet Capital Canada Corporation of Certain
Administrative Functions To Fleet. For the administrative convenience of the
parties and to expedite required administrative action by the Canadian Agent and
the Canadian Lender, (i) Fleet Capital Canada Corporation, in its capacity as
the Canadian Lender, hereby irrevocably delegates to Fleet, in its capacity as
the Canadian Participating Lender, all rights of the Canadian Lender under
Section 11.10 of the Loan Agreement to agree to any amendment, waiver or consent
under the Loan Agreement, and (ii) Fleet Capital Canada Corporation, in its
capacity as the Canadian Agent, hereby irrevocably delegates to Fleet, in its
capacity as the Administrative Agent, all rights of the Canadian Agent (a) under
Section 6 of the Loan Agreement to administer, collect, protect and preserve the
Collateral and (b) under Section 11.10 of the Loan Agreement to agree to any
amendment, waiver or consent under the Loan Agreement.

         18.      Representation and Warranty Regarding Vehicle Titles. The
Borrowers hereby represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent, the Canadian
Agent and the Lenders that Schedule A attached hereto and incorporated herein by
this reference is an accurate and complete list of all motor vehicles owned by
the Borrowers.

         19.      Conditions Precedent. The effectiveness of this Waiver and
Amendment shall be subject to the prior satisfaction of each of the following
conditions:

                  (a)      This Waiver and Amendment. The Administrative Agent
                           shall have received this Waiver and Amendment, duly
                           executed by the Borrowers, the Lenders, the Canadian
                           Participating Lenders, the Administrative Agent and
                           the Canadian Agent;

                  (b)      Commitment Assignments. The Administrative Agent
                           shall have received Commitment Assignment and
                           Acceptances, duly executed by LaSalle and Fleet
                           Capital Corporation and in form and substance
                           reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
                           with respect to the assignments described in Recital
                           D and Section 3 to this Waiver and Amendment;

                  (c)      Assignment Fee. The Administrative Agent shall have
                           received payment from LaSalle of the $3,500
                           commitment assignment fee payable under Section
                           11.9.1 of the Loan Agreement for the commitment
                           assignment by LaSalle referred to in Section 3 above;

                  (d)      New Notes. The Borrowers shall have executed and
                           delivered to the Administrative Agent, for delivery
                           to Fleet

                                       7
<PAGE>

                           and LaSalle, such promissory notes as Fleet and
                           LaSalle may reasonably require to evidence their
                           commitment assignments described in Recital D and
                           Section 3 to this Waiver and Amendment;

                  (e)      Pay Down of Canadian Term Loan. The Borrowers shall
                           have made a prepayment of principal on the Canadian
                           Term Loan in an amount of not less than $361,000 or
                           delivered to the Administrative Agent additional
                           collateral satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

                  (f)      Secretary's Certificate. The Secretary of each of the
                           Borrowers shall have executed the Certificate of
                           Resolution attached to this Amendment; and

                  (g)      Negative Pledge. The Administrative Agent shall have
                           received the Negative Pledge, duly executed by CTSI.

         20.      Miscellaneous.

                  (a)      Survival of Representations and Warranties. All
                           representations and warranties made in the Loan
                           Agreement or in any other document or documents
                           relating thereto, including, without limitation, any
                           Loan Document furnished in connection with this
                           Waiver and Amendment, shall survive the execution and
                           delivery of this Waiver and Amendment.

                  (b)      Reference to Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement, each
                           of the other Loan Documents, and any and all other
                           agreements, documents or instruments now or hereafter
                           executed and delivered pursuant to the terms hereof,
                           or pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement as
                           amended hereby, are hereby amended so that any
                           reference therein to the Loan Agreement shall mean a
                           reference to the Loan Agreement as amended by this
                           Waiver and Amendment.

                  (c)      Loan Agreement Remains in Effect. The Loan Agreement
                           and the other Loan Documents remain in full force and
                           effect and the Borrowers ratify and confirm its
                           agreements and covenants contained therein. The
                           Borrowers hereby confirm that, after giving effect to
                           this Waiver and Amendment, no Event of Default or
                           Default exists as of such date.

                  (d)      Reaffirmation of Obligations. The Borrowers hereby
                           reaffirm, ratify and confirm their Obligations under
                           the Loan Agreement, acknowledge that they have no
                           offset rights or

                                       8
<PAGE>

                           defenses to the payment of such Obligations, and
                           acknowledge that all of the terms and provisions of
                           the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents
                           (except as amended hereby) remain in full force and
                           effect.

                  (e)      Severability. Any provision of this Waiver and
                           Amendment held by a court of competent jurisdiction
                           to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or
                           invalidate the remainder of this Waiver and Amendment
                           and the effect thereof shall be confined to the
                           provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.

                  (f)      Counterparts. This Waiver and Amendment may be
                           executed in one or more counterparts, each of which
                           when so executed shall be deemed to be an original,
                           but all of which when taken together shall constitute
                           one and the same instrument.

                  (g)      Headings. The headings, captions and arrangements
                           used in this Waiver and Amendment are for convenience
                           only and shall not affect the interpretation of this
                           Waiver and Amendment.

                  (h)      Expenses of The Agents. Borrowers agree to pay on
                           demand all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by
                           the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent in
                           connection with the preparation, negotiation and
                           execution of this Waiver and Amendment and the other
                           Loan Documents executed pursuant hereto, and any and
                           all subsequent amendments, modifications, and
                           supplements hereto or thereto, including, without
                           limitation, the costs and fees of legal counsel to
                           the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent.

                  (i)      NO ORAL AGREEMENTS. THIS WAIVER AND AMENDMENT,
                           TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AS WRITTEN,
                           REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES
                           HERETO AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF
                           PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS
                           OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL
                           AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO.

                  (j)      GOVERNING LAW; JURY TRIAL WAIVER. THE VALIDITY OF
                           THIS WAIVER AND AMENDMENT, ITS CONSTRUCTION,
                           INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE
                           PARTIES

                                       9
<PAGE>

                           HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY AND
                           CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE
                           STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
                           CONFLICTS OF LAW. THE PARTIES TO THIS WAIVER AND
                           AMENDMENT HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY
                           IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING IN CONNECTION
                           WITH THIS WAIVER AND AMENDMENT.

                                       10
<PAGE>

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Waiver
and Amendment by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first
above written.

                                    CELADON GROUP, INC.,
                                    a Delaware corporation

                                    By: /s/Michael Dunlap
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  Michael Dunlap
                                    Title: Treasurer

                                    CELADON TRUCKING SERVICES, INC.,
                                    a New Jersey corporation

                                    By: /s/Michael Dunlap
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  Michael Dunlap
                                    Title: Treasurer

                                    TRUCKERSB2B, INC.,
                                    a Delaware corporation

                                    By: /s/Michael Dunlap
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  Michael Dunlap
                                    Title: Treasurer

                                    CELADON CANADA, INC.,
                                    an Ontario corporation

                                    By: /s/Michael Dunlap
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  Michael Dunlap
                                    Title: Treasurer

                                    FLEET CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Rhode Island
                                    corporation, as Administrative Agent, a
                                    Lender, and as a Canadian Participating
                                    Lender

                                    By: /s/Leslie Reuter
                                       -----------------------------------
                                           Leslie Reuter
                                           Senior Vice President

                                       11
<PAGE>

                                    FIFTH THIRD BANK,
                                    as a Lender

                                    By: /s/ David W. O'Neal
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  David W. O'Neal
                                    Title: Vice President

                                    KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                    as a Lender

                                    By: /s/ Mary C. Boyd
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  Mary C. Boyd
                                    Title: Vice President

                                    LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                    as a Lender

                                    By: /s/ William H. Lutes
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  William H. Lutes
                                    Title: First Vice President

                                    FLEET CAPITAL CANADA CORPORATION,
                                    a Canadian corporation, as Canadian Agent
                                    and Canadian Lender

                                    By: /s/ Doug McKenzie
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  Doug McKenzie
                                    Title: Vice President & General Manager

                                       12
<PAGE>

                            CERTIFICATE OF RESOLUTION

         I, Paul Will, hereby certify that:

                                    I am the duly qualified and acting Secretary
of each of Celadon Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Celadon Trucking
Services, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, TruckersB2B, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and Celadon Canada, Inc., an Ontario corporation (collectively, the
"Borrowers").

                                    The following is a true copy of identical
resolutions duly adopted by the respective boards of directors of each of the
Borrowers by either a special meeting or by unanimous written consent in lieu of
a meeting:

                                    "RESOLVED that the terms of the Waiver and
                  First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement among this
                  corporation and the other Borrowers party thereto, the
                  financial institutions which are signatories thereto and Fleet
                  Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent (the 'Agent'),
                  are hereby approved and ratified.

                                    FURTHER RESOLVED, that any one officer of
                  this corporation is hereby authorized and directed, on behalf
                  of this corporation, to make, execute, and deliver to the
                  Agent any and all documents and to do any and all acts
                  necessary or desirable to effectuate the foregoing
                  resolution."

                                    These resolutions are in conformity with the
respective articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Borrowers,
have never been modified or repealed, and are now in full force and effect.

                                       13
<PAGE>

                                    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and
the seal of the corporation as of January 31, 2003.

                                      /s/ Paul Will
                                      Paul Will
                                      Secretary of Celadon Group, Inc.
                                      Celadon Trucking Services, Inc.,
                                      TruckersB2B, Inc., and
                                      Celadon Canada, Inc.

                                       14<PAGE>

                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.17

                         WAIVER AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO
                           LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

                  THIS WAIVER AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT (this "Waiver and Amendment"), dated as of April 24, 2003, is entered
into by and among Fleet Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent (the
"Administrative Agent"), Fleet Capital Canada Corporation, as Canadian Agent
(the "Canadian Agent"), the Lenders and Canadian Participating Lenders party to
the Loan Agreement (as defined below), Celadon Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("CGI"), Celadon Trucking Services, Inc., a New Jersey corporation
("CTSI"), TruckersB2B, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("TB2B"), and Celadon
Canada, Inc., an Ontario corporation ("CCI" and together with CGI, CTSI and
TB2B, collectively, the "Borrowers"), with reference to the following facts:

                                    RECITALS

                  A.       The Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, the
Lenders, the Canadian Participating Lenders and the Borrowers are parties to the
Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2002, as amended by the
Waiver and First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of January
31, 2003 (collectively, the "Loan Agreement"), pursuant to which the Lenders
have provided the Borrowers with certain credit facilities.

                  B.       The Borrowers currently are in default under Section
10.1.3 of the Loan Agreement given the Borrowers' breach of each of the
following provisions of the Loan Agreement:

                           (i)      Section 5.2.2 of the Loan Agreement, due to
the Borrowers' failure to notify the Administrative Agent of their establishment
of the following two new deposit accounts with Key Bank, National Association:
account no. 19-099-3-50202-9, as to which CTSI is the account party; and account
no. 19-099-3-50201-1, as to which TB2B is the account party; and

                           (ii)     Section 8.2.8 of the Loan Agreement, due to
the failure of the Borrowers to comply with the maximum unfinanced Capital
Expenditures limit of $1,000,000 as of March 31, 2003 during the fiscal year of
CGI ending June 30, 2003.

(The foregoing breaches of the Loan Agreement hereinafter are referred to
collectively as the "Existing Events of Default".)

                  C.       The Borrowers have requested that the Lenders waive
each of the Existing Events of Default and amend the maximum annual unfinanced

                                       1
<PAGE>

Capital Expenditures covenant set forth in Section 8.2.8 of the Loan Agreement
and the maximum operating lease obligations and Capital Lease Obligations
covenant set forth in Section 8.2.9 of the Loan Agreement.

                  D.       The Lenders are willing to grant such accommodations
to the Borrower on the terms and conditions set forth below.

                  NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree as follows:

         1.       Defined Terms. Any and all initially capitalized terms used in
this Waiver and Amendment (including, without limitation, in the recitals
hereto) without definition shall have the respective meanings specified in the
Loan Agreement.

         2.       Waiver of Existing Events of Default. The Lenders hereby waive
each of the Existing Events of Default. Such waiver by the Lenders shall
constitute a waiver of only the Existing Events of Default and not a waiver of
any future breach of any provision of the Loan Agreement or any other Loan
Document.

         3.       Amendment to Capital Expenditures Covenant. Section 8.2.8 of
the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference therein to
"$1,000,000" and substituting therefor a reference to "$3,000,000".

         4.       Amendment to Operating Leases and Capitalized Lease Obligation
Covenant. Section 8.2.9 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended by: (a) deleting
the reference to "$45,000,000" set forth in clause (i) thereof and substituting
therefor a reference to "$43,000,000"; (b) deleting the reference to
"$50,000,000" set forth in clause (ii) thereof and substituting therefor a
reference to "$48,000,000"; and (c) deleting the reference to "$55,000,000" set
forth in clause (iii) thereof and substituting therefor a reference to
"$53,000,000".

         5.       Amendment Fee. In consideration of the agreement of the
Lenders to amend the Loan Agreement as set forth in this Amendment, on the
effective date of this Amendment, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a one-time amendment fee in the
amount of $10,000 (the "Amendment Fee"). The Borrowers acknowledge and agree
that the Administrative Agent shall effect payment of the Amendment Fee by
charging the full amount thereof to the Borrower's Domestic Loan Account.

         6.       Conditions Precedent. The effectiveness of this Waiver and
Amendment shall be subject to the prior satisfaction of each of the following
conditions:

                  (a)      Waiver and Amendment. The Administrative Agent shall
                           have received this Waiver and Amendment, duly
                           executed by

                                       2
<PAGE>

                           the Borrowers, the Majority Lenders and the
                           Administrative Agent;

                  (b)      Amendment Fee. The Administrative Agent shall have
                           received payment of the Amendment Fee; and

                  (c)      Secretary's Certificate. The Secretary of each of the
                           Borrowers shall have executed the Certificate of
                           Resolution attached to this Amendment.

         7.       Miscellaneous.

                  (a)      Survival of Representations and Warranties. All
                           representations and warranties made in the Loan
                           Agreement or in any other document or documents
                           relating thereto, including, without limitation, any
                           Loan Document furnished in connection with this
                           Waiver and Amendment, shall survive the execution and
                           delivery of this Waiver and Amendment.

                  (b)      Reference to Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement, each
                           of the other Loan Documents, and any and all other
                           agreements, documents or instruments now or hereafter
                           executed and delivered pursuant to the terms hereof,
                           or pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement as
                           amended hereby, are hereby amended so that any
                           reference therein to the Loan Agreement shall mean a
                           reference to the Loan Agreement as amended by this
                           Waiver and Amendment.

                  (c)      Loan Agreement Remains in Effect. The Loan Agreement
                           and the other Loan Documents remain in full force and
                           effect and the Borrowers ratify and confirm its
                           agreements and covenants contained therein. The
                           Borrowers hereby confirm that, after giving effect to
                           this Waiver and Amendment, no Event of Default or
                           Default exists as of such date.

                  (d)      Reaffirmation of Obligations. The Borrowers hereby
                           reaffirm, ratify and confirm their Obligations under
                           the Loan Agreement, acknowledge that they have no
                           offset rights or defenses to the payment of such
                           Obligations, and acknowledge that all of the terms
                           and provisions of the Loan Agreement and the other
                           Loan Documents (except as amended hereby) remain in
                           full force and effect.

                  (e)      Severability. Any provision of this Waiver and
                           Amendment held by a court of competent jurisdiction
                           to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or
                           invalidate the remainder of

                                       3
<PAGE>

                           this Waiver and Amendment and the effect thereof
                           shall be confined to the provision so held to be
                           invalid or unenforceable.

                  (f)      Counterparts. This Waiver and Amendment may be
                           executed in one or more counterparts, each of which
                           when so executed shall be deemed to be an original,
                           but all of which when taken together shall constitute
                           one and the same instrument.

                  (g)      Headings. The headings, captions and arrangements
                           used in this Waiver and Amendment are for convenience
                           only and shall not affect the interpretation of this
                           Waiver and Amendment.

                  (h)      Expenses of The Agents. Borrowers agree to pay on
                           demand all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by
                           the Administrative Agent in connection with the
                           preparation, negotiation and execution of this Waiver
                           and Amendment and the other Loan Documents executed
                           pursuant hereto, and any and all subsequent
                           amendments, modifications, and supplements hereto or
                           thereto, including, without limitation, the costs and
                           fees of legal counsel to the Administrative Agent.

                  (i)      NO ORAL AGREEMENTS. THIS WAIVER AND AMENDMENT,
                           TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AS WRITTEN,
                           REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES
                           HERETO AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF
                           PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS
                           OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL
                           AGREEMENTS AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO.

                  (j)      GOVERNING LAW; JURY TRIAL WAIVER. THE VALIDITY OF
                           THIS WAIVER AND AMENDMENT, ITS CONSTRUCTION,
                           INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE
                           PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY
                           AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF
                           THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES
                           OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. THE PARTIES TO THIS WAIVER AND
                           AMENDMENT HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY
                           IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING

                                       4
<PAGE>

                           ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS WAIVER AND AMENDMENT.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Waiver
and Amendment by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first
above written.

                                    CELADON GROUP, INC.,
                                    a Delaware corporation

                                    By: /s/ Michael Dunlap
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  Michael Dunlap
                                    Title: Treasurer

                                    CELADON TRUCKING SERVICES, INC.,
                                    a New Jersey corporation

                                    By: /s/ Michael Dunlap
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  Michael Dunlap
                                    Title: Treasurer

                                    TRUCKERSB2B, INC.,
                                    a Delaware corporation

                                    By: /s/ Michael Dunlap
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  Michael Dunlap
                                    Title: Treasurer

                                    CELADON CANADA, INC.,
                                    an Ontario corporation

                                    By: /s/ Michael Dunlap
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name: Michael Dunlap
                                    Title: Treasurer

                                    FLEET CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Rhode Island
                                    corporation, as Administrative Agent and a
                                    Lender

                                    By: /s/ Leslie Reuter
                                        ----------------------------------
                                        Leslie Reuter
                                        Senior Vice President

                                       5
<PAGE>

                                    FIFTH THIRD BANK,
                                    as a Lender

                                    By: /s/David W. O'Neal
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  David W. O'Neal
                                    Title: Vice President

                                    KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                    as a Lender

                                    By: /s/ Michael M. Maher
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  Michael M. Maher
                                    Title: Senior Vice President

                                    LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
                                    as a Lender

                                    By: /s/ William H. Lutes
                                        ----------------------------------
                                    Name:  William H. Lutes
                                    Title: First Vice President

                                       6
<PAGE>

                            CERTIFICATE OF RESOLUTION

         I, Paul Will, hereby certify that:

                                    I am the duly qualified and acting Secretary
of each of Celadon Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Celadon Trucking
Services, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, TruckersB2B, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and Celadon Canada, Inc., an Ontario corporation (collectively, the
"Borrowers").

                                    The following is a true copy of identical
resolutions duly adopted by the respective boards of directors of each of the
Borrowers by either a special meeting or by unanimous written consent in lieu of
a meeting:

                                    "RESOLVED that the terms of the Waiver and
                  Second Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement among this
                  corporation and the other Borrowers party thereto, the
                  financial institutions which are signatories thereto and Fleet
                  Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent (the 'Agent'),
                  are hereby approved and ratified; and

                                    FURTHER RESOLVED, that any one officer of
                  this corporation is hereby authorized and directed, on behalf
                  of this corporation, to make, execute, and deliver to the
                  Agent any and all documents and to do any and all acts
                  necessary or desirable to effectuate the foregoing
                  resolution."

                                    These resolutions are in conformity with the
respective articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Borrowers,
have never been modified or repealed, and are now in full force and effect.

                                       7
<PAGE>

                                    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and
the seal of the corporation as of April 30, 2003.

                                    /s/Paul Will
                                    --------------------------------------
                                    Paul Will
                                    Secretary of Celadon Group, Inc.
                                    Celadon Trucking Services, Inc.,
                                    TruckersB2B, Inc., and
                                    Celadon Canada, Inc.

                                       8

Source: [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00056-of-00352.parquet"}, [{"source": "alea-institute/alea-institute/kl3m-data-edgar-agreements/train-00056-of-00352.parquet"}]]