



                           Exhibit 25.1

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

          WHEREAS,  the  undersigned  officers  and  directors  of  Consolidated
Delivery & Logistics,  Inc. (the  "Company")  desire to authorize  Albert W. Van
Ness, Jr., and William T. Brannan to act as their  attorneys-in-fact and agents,
for the purpose of  executing  and filing the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form
10-K, including all amendments thereto;

          NOW, THEREFORE,

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that  each  person  whose  signature
appears below  constitutes  and appoints Albert W. Van Ness, Jr., and William T.
Brannan and each of them, his true and lawful  attorney-in-fact  and agent, with
full power of substitution and  resubstitution,  to execute the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K,  including any and all amendments and supplements  thereto,
and to file  the  same,  with all  exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing  requisite  and necessary to be done
in and about the premises,  as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might
or  could  do  in  person,   hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all  that  said
attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  or any of them,  or their or his  substitute  or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  have  executed  this power of
attorney in the following capacities as of the ??th day of March, 2000.

        SIGNATURE                                                    TITLE

/s/ Albert W. Van Ness, Jr.                      Chairman  of  the  Board, Chief
Albert W. Van Ness, Jr.                          Executive  Officer and Director
                                                 (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ William T. Brannan                           President,    Chief   Operating
William T. Brannan                               Officer and Director


/s/ Russell J. Reardon                           Vice President, Chief Financial
Russell J. Reardon                               Officer  (Principal  Financial
                                                 and Accounting Officer)

/s/ Michael Brooks                               Distribution Products Manager
Michael Brooks                                   and Director


/s/ Randall Catlin                               Director
Randall Catlin

/s/ Jon F. Hanson                                Director
Jon F. Hanson

/s/ John Simourian                               Director
John Simourian

/s/ Marilu Marshall                              Director
Marilu Marshall

/s/ Thomas E. Durkin III                         Director
Thomas E. Durkin

/s/ John S. Wehrle                               Director
John S. Wehrle


