EXHIBIT 32.1


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


         In connection with the Quarterly Report of CD&L, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Report"), I, Albert W. Van Ness, Jr., Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
    respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of the
    dates presented and the consolidated results of operations of the Company
    for the periods presented.

Dated: May 16, 2005


                                                  \s\ Albert W. Van Ness, Jr.
                                                  ---------------------------
                                                  Albert W. Van Ness, Jr.
                                                  Chief Executive Officer



The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsection (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter
63 of Title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of the Form
10-Q or as separate disclosure statement.