b'10American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comUpstate NYs Carver Companies handle the big jobsCarverCompanies,ownerandoperatorofthe Port of Coeymans near Albany, New York, have the facility,manpower,andequipmentbothashore and afloat to handle big projects.By George Lauriat, AJOTCarverCompaniesinCarverMarineTowingfor recent months have been busythe135-miletripdowntheand busy quite literally inHudsonRivertothebridge a big way. site.Theothertwosections Carver,whichownsandofthebridgehadmadethe operates the Port of Coeymans,samevoyageinNovember is located on the Hudson River2024 and January of 2025. near Albany, around 115-milesButthetransfertothe from New York Harbor.Thebarge and tow were only pos-companyisbasicallydividedsible after hundreds of man-intothreeoverlappingoper- hoursjust prepping the tow, atingsections:Construc- makingarrangementsand tion,MaritimeandMaterials(HANDLEcontinued on withthecompanysactivitiespage 14)stretchingupanddownthe East Coast. This collection of companiesenablesCarverto take on a wide variety of jobs ranging from handling road salt to moving rail bridges. As Ste-phen Kelly, President of Sales andBusinessDevelopment, CarverCompaniesexplained inaninterviewwithAJOT, We just finished up the Portal NorthBridgedowninNewConstructionMaritimeMaterialsJersey, and were getting ready fortheLivingstonAvenue Bridge, which will start some-time in late August [2025].AndthePortalNorth Bridge contract in every respect qualifies as a big job. In February 2025, Carver delivered the third and final sectionofthe$1.7billion Portal North Bridgea two-track replacement commuter Port of Coeymansrail bridge that is part of the NewYorkCityGateway Program.Thenewbridge replacesthe114-year-old PortalBridgewhichspans theHackensackRiverand connectsAmtrakandNJ TRANSITrailservicesin NewYorkCitytoNewark, NewJersey.Withnoplace todetourtrainswhenthe bridgewasup,therewasa North Shore Terminal - Staten Islandslowdown in rail service. And thetrafficacrossthechoke point included twelve Amtrak passenger trains and roughly twotosixfreighttrains (CanadianPacificRailway and CSX) daily. All three sections of the bridge were built at Carvers Port of Coeymans facilities. The infrastructure staging hasbecomeabigbusiness segmentforCarverwithStevedoringconstruction companies likeEquipment RentalstheSkanskaTraylorJointMaritime & LogisticsVenture,whichconstructed thesections,needingtheShipyard Vessel Repairopen space, heavy lift capa- Tug & Barge Marine Towingbilities and waterway accessProperty & Port Managementthe site provides.A L ongt oW General & Marine ConstructionThe final span was trans- 518-756-2164The Pioneer of Integrative Solutions on Land and [email protected] site to the tug andwww.carvercompanies.combargecombooperatedbyinfo@carvercompanies.comwww.carvercompanies.com'