The deal brings a 45-year-old Maine courier into the newly renamed Vital network and marks the company’s first operating location in the state

WILLISTON, Vt., and PORTLAND, Maine, July DATE, 2021 — Vital Delivery Solutions, a logistics and courier company serving the Northeast since 1987, has acquired General Courier, a South Portland-based courier serving Maine since 1976.

The acquisition gives Vital its first Maine location and a 45-year-old book of same-day delivery business in the Portland market. General Courier, known locally as “the General,” began as a Portland-area delivery service and grew its fleet and coverage across the region over four and a half decades. General Courier’s routes, customers, and drivers join the Vital network.

The deal lands alongside a company milestone. Green Mountain Messenger, founded in Vermont in 1987 with a single delivery route, rebranded as Vital Delivery Solutions this month to reflect what the company has become: a mission-critical transportation provider for healthcare systems, laboratories, blood banks, pharmacies, banks, and businesses across the Northeast.

“General Courier built something we respect — 45 years of showing up on time for the same customers, some of them since the seventies,” said Matt Kozlowski, CEO of Vital Delivery Solutions. “We’re not buying routes on a map. We’re bringing on drivers who know every dock and loading bay in Portland, and we’re backing them with a bigger fleet, more coverage, and 24/7 dispatch. Maine customers keep the service they trust and gain everything behind it.” 

For customers, the combination means broader reach, deeper capacity, and better technology. Vital operates around-the-clock, 365 days a year, with a fleet spanning cars, cargo vans, sprinters, and lift-gate box trucks, plus climate-controlled warehousing in Vermont and New Hampshire. General Courier customers gain access to that full network, including STAT medical courier service and next-day coverage across Vermont, New Hampshire, and now Maine. We’re also backing up General Courier’s service with Vital’s best-in-class technology to give customers more transparency and a better experience tracking their shipment from request to final signature. 

The acquisition sets up the next phase of Vital’s Maine growth, with plans to expand its footprint and hiring in the state.

Maine businesses can learn more or request service at shipvds.com.

About Vital Delivery Solutions 

Vital Delivery Solutions provides same-day and next-day delivery throughout the Northeast. Vital specializes in medical courier, same-day and scheduled delivery, warehousing, and fleet outsourcing services, driven by its fleet of 250 company vehicles and 400 employees. Learn more at shipvds.com.