Exhibit 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         WHEREAS, the undersigned officers and directors of CD&L, 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 for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004, 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 re-substitution, to execute the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, 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 15th day of April 2005.

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

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

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

/s/ Michael Brooks            Group Operations President and Director
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Michael Brooks

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

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

/s/ Marilu Marshall           Director
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Marilu Marshall

/s/ Matthew Morahan           Director
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Matthew Morahan

/s/ John Simourian            Director
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John Simourian

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