Shipping Documents, Parcels, and Freight Since 1998
We ship documents, parcels, and freight for businesses and households — with labels, pickups, and tracking in one account.
1998
Year founded
48
Sorting hubs
220
Destinations served
12,000
People on the network
A Freight Desk That Became a Network
In 1998, Mara Ellison and Daniel Whitaker opened a freight desk in a leased warehouse bay. Local manufacturers and retailers needed a published rate, a pickup window they could plan around, and a tracking number they could give a customer. Most carriers at the time quoted by phone and confirmed delivery after the fact.
Ellison had run outbound shipping for a regional distributor. Whitaker had managed line-haul between three cities. They hired a small dock crew, bought used trailers, and posted transit times for overnight documents and day-definite ground. The first customers were factories within a day’s drive of the original sort.
Volume grew through repeat shippers, not campaigns. When a lane filled, they added a second sort and later international documentation so parcels could clear customs with a known transit window. Online labels and account tools came after the network could keep the promise on the dock.
Vandelta still does that work: print a label, move the package, and report where it is. The network is larger. The job is delivery.
From One Sort to a National Network
Freight desk opens
Vandelta begins as a regional office for document and parcel shipments with scheduled pickups.
International lanes added
Customs documentation and published transit times extend service beyond domestic ground.
Online shipping tools
Customers create labels, compare rates, and track packages from a Vandelta account.
Hub expansion
Additional sorting facilities open to support overnight and day-definite ground volume.
Network in operation
Express, ground, international, returns, and freight book from the same shipping tools.
Where We Are Headed and What We Do Every Day
Vision
A shipping network where a business or household can create a label, schedule a pickup, and see delivery status without calling for an update.
Mission
Move documents, parcels, and freight on published transit times. Give customers rates, tracking, and pickup options they can use every day.
People Who Run Operations and the Network
Operations, network, and customer shipping tools report through this team.
Mara Ellison
Chair
Daniel Whitaker
Chief Executive Officer
Helen Park
Chief Operating Officer
James Reed
Head of Network Planning
Who Moves Freight With Us
Vandelta runs owned hubs and contracts specialists where a lane needs extra capacity.
Port and rail operators
Inland connections from major terminals to regional hubs.
Customs brokers
Entry filing and documentation for international parcels and freight.
Last-mile contractors
Delivery coverage in markets outside owned van routes.
Technology vendors
Label printing, scan events, and account billing systems.
Ship with a Vandelta Account
Create labels, schedule pickups, and track packages from one login.