Carver Companies

Hello Buffalo! 🤩 🌊 The first two sections of the Ralph Wilson Park bridge have arrived in Buffalo, NY today on 716 Day after a 12 day journey on the historic Erie Canal. The tug CMT Otter and barge CMT Kelly were escorted to the Ralph Wilson Park by the Seneca Chief replica boat, which christened the Erie Canal 200 years ago. Thank you so much to our dedicated crew—Captain Brad, Engineers Nick and Mark, and deckhands Matt, Devin, and Emory—for your hard work, and to the New York communities that came out to say hi.

Hello Rochester! The tug CMT Otter and barge CMT Kelly are currently tied up at lock 33 Rochester, NY for the night while the barge CMT Hofmann remains at lock 32 Pittsford, NY for the night 7/14/24.   Today was another great day with energetic crowds, we even got to pass by the Colonial Belle and Sam Patch Boat Tours!   Tomorrow at 6 am we will depart lock 33 Rochester, NY and take the barge CMT Kelly half way between lock 33 Rochester, NY and lock 34-35 Lockport, NY to tie up then return to lock 32 Pittsford, NY to get the barge CMT Hofmann and make our way back west 7/15/24.   Notice from our Carver Marine Towing crew: As our journey continues we have now entered the Western End of the Canal. This end of the canal has not been used for commercial traffic in quite some time. We will do our best to give accurate ETA’s but please understand that we have to take this section of canal carefully and slowly to ensure safe passage for the tug, barges, and crew. We will do our best to give everyone as accurate a time as possible. Please continue to follow along for updates!

It’s day 10 and tug CMT Otter is working its way back light (with no barges) to lock 29 Palmyra, NY to grab the second barge CMT Hofmann. Once reconnected the pair will travel through lock 30 Macedon, NY and lock 32 Pittsford, NY. The first barge CMT Kelly will stay on top of lock 32 Pittsford, NY for this trip 7/14/24. We hope to push closer to lock 33 Rochester, NY this afternoon 7/14/24. We will make updates as soon as they are available from our Captain. See you soon!

Thank you to the 1,000+ New Yorkers who came out to see us today. The love and support shown to our team was absolutely incredible. Today we departed lock 26 Clyde, NY with barge CMT Hofmann and worked our way up to meet barge CMT Kelly at lock 29 Palmyra, NY. We left the CMT Hofmann at lock 29 and continued onto lock 32 Pittsford, NY with just the CMT Kelly where we are staying for the night. Tomorrow’s plan is to depart at 6 am to run the CMT Otter back down to link up with barge CMT Hofmann at lock 29 Palmyra, NY then work our way back West 7/14/24.

It’s day 9 and today’s plan is: -2:40 pm ETA at lock 29 Palmyra, NY with the CMT Hofmann and CMT Otter 7/13/24 -11 am ETA at lock 28b Newark, NY with the CMT Hofmann and CMT Otter 7/13/24 -10 am ETA at lock 28a Lyons, NY with the CMT Hofmann and CMT Otter 7/13/24 -9:30 am ETA at lock 27 Lyons, NY with CMT Hofmann and CMT Otter 7/13/24

Good morning it’s day 8 and we are heading to lock 26 Clyde, NY. Today we anticipate more leapfrogging of the barges and are working with the NYS Canal Corporation to determine pool levels at upcoming locks. Updates: -2:15 pm ETA at lock 29 Palmyra, NY 7/12/24 -11:45 am ETA at lock 28b Newark, NY 7/12/24 -10:30 am ETA at lock 27 Lyons, NY with CMT Kelly and CMT Otter (dependent on pool levels) 7/12/24 -7 am ETA at lock 26 Clyde, NY. The CMT Hofmann will tie up here while we continue onto lock 27 7/12/24 -6 am departure from lock 25 May’s Point, Savannah, NY 7/12/24

We are all situated at the top of lock 25 May’s Point, Savannah, NY for the night after traveling through lock 24 Baldwinsville, NY today. Tomorrow’s plan is to depart lock 25 at 6 am, with a 7 am ETA at lock 26 Clyde, NY. We anticipate more leapfrogging of the barges once we pass lock 26 7/12/24.

Watch Syracuse NewsChannel 9's highlight of our journey at lock 23 yesterday! https://lnkd.in/ez6zvQXu

It’s the morning of day 7 and we just reconnected barges CMT Kelly and CMT Hofmann. We have departed lock 23 Baldwinsville, NY and are headed for lock 24 May’s Point, Savannah, NY! Updates: -5 pm ETA at lock 25 May's Point, Savannah, NY 7/11/24 -3:30 pm ETA passing Hog Island 7/11/24 -3 pm ETA passing Haiti Island 7/11/24 -(please note that there is a significant distance between locks 24 and 25) -9:45 am departure from lock 24 Baldwinsville, NY with 7/11/24 -9:10 am new ETA at lock 24 Baldwinsville, NY 7/11/24 -8:45 am ETA at lock 24 Baldwinsville, NY 7/11/24 -6 am departure from lock 23 Brewerton, NY with the CMT Hofmann and CMT Otter 7/11/24

Here are some highlights from a very long but successful day 6. This morning we made our way through Oneida Lake to lock 23 in Brewerton, NY. From there the CMT Otter did some leapfrogging, bringing the CMT Kelly up to lock 24 in Baldwinsville, NY, and is returning to lock 23 to retie with the CMT Hofmann for the night. Today was our scheduled crew change. Engineer Nick and Deckhand Devin departed the tugboat, and Engineer Mark and Deckhand Emmory joined the crew. They will be with us until we arrive in Buffalo. Due to recent storms, the water level is higher than anticipated, which led to reballasting so we could continue westward under upcoming bridges. At lock 23 in Brewerton, NY we met Don and Kathy, who taught us a new word: gongoozler. A gongoozler is someone who enjoys watching activity on the canals. We also met Otter, a stuffed animal sharing its name with the tugboat CMT Otter. Tomorrow, we plan to depart lock 23 in Brewerton, NY for lock 24 in Baldwinsville, NY at 6 am with the CMT Otter and CMT Hofmann 7/11/24. Stay tuned for some cool posts coming tomorrow including a FAQ's highlight.