Port Operations & Facilities

The Port of Albany is a U.S. Port of Entry and offers: 

  • Year-Round Operations
  • Channel Draft 30' (9.14m)
  • 750' (228.6 m) Maximum Vessel Length
  • A 20-acre paved marine terminal for open storage
  • Nearly 450 acres of land on both sides of the Hudson River
  • 350,000 square feet of covered sprinklered storage space
  • Experienced Stevedoring via LOGISTEC
  • Two Liebherr mobile harbor cranes (combined 176MT lift capacity)
  • 20-mile standard gauge switching railroad jointly owned by CSX and CP Railway operating as the Albany Port Railroad which also handles on-dock heavy rail operations
  • RO/RO - 60' x 124' (18.3m x 37.8m)
  • Onsite U.S. Customs
  • Almost 4,200' (1,280.2m) of wharf in Albany (west), 1,200' (365.8m) of wharf in Rensselaer (east), and 500' (152.4m) in Bethlehem (southwest) [in design]
  • Project Cargo/Heavy Lift, forest products, steel scrap, grain, etc.

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A handful of boats and cranes along a river

Photo Credit: Albany Times Union

Maritime Operations includes more than 40 pieces of heavy lift cargo handling equipment with an on-site maintenance and operations team. The maritime terminal is a fully secured terminal with on-site award-winning security force. 

Huge generator loading on to barge via RO/RO with crane in the background
RO/RO with ship delivery grain with hoppers in the background

Stevedore/Terminal Operator (LOGISTEC)

The Port of Albany partners with LOGISTEC Terminal in a network of 90 terminals in 70 ports across North America. Based in Montréal (QC) and providing specialized services in the area of bulk, break-bulk and container cargo handling, LOGISTEC offers marine transportation services along the entire Eastern seaboard, the Gulf, Great Lakes, and Canada

For more information on the company, call 888-844-9381, email info@logistec.com, visit www.logistec.com.

 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Acting Port Director:  Clint Comesana

The Port hosts an on-site U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection Inspection Office. For more information, call 518-465-9530 

 

Pilotage

As the sole agency licensed by New York State to service ports and terminals along the Hudson River, the Hudson River Pilots Association provides 24-hour a day, 365-days a year service to the Port of Albany-Rensselaer ensuring that vessels arrive in Port for ordered labor starts and ready to sail once cargo operations are complete. 

The Hudson River Pilots can handle any type of vessel up to a maximum length of 750 feet (250 meters) with a maximum recommended beam of 110 feet (33.5 meters). 

For more information, call 718-815-4316

 

On-site Maintenance, Operations & Equipment

The Port of Albany has an on-site fully equipped maintenance and repair facility. The Maintenance and Operations team provides maintenance and oversight of the Port's 21 tenant buildings, eight marine warehouses, and more than 350,000 square feet of covered storage facilities. Maintenance provides potable water for ships and services all maritime equipment and property needs, including street and terminal ground maintenance, repair, and snow plowing.

Forklift moving wood pulp in front of Port shed
Workers in PPE adjusting hook with bright red support structures
hudson river with a boat and a shed on the dock