History
Joe Supor started "Supor Trucking" in 1960 with a
1948 Ford truck... Hauling oil in the winter and steel in the summer, kept
him busy in the early years. As the steel hauling expanded, Joe Supor proportionally
increased his operations, and in the late 1960s he 
had
five trucks on the road. However, diversification was already very much
in his mind, and in 1968 the Supor trucking company broadened its base
to become a trucking and rigging company; crane service soon followed
providing additional business. Responding to the requirements of the market,
the company bought heavier trucks and trailers, and steadily gained a reputation
for expertise and excellence that has stood it in good stead ever since.
Repeat business from satisfied customers marks the rise and success of
Supor, and provides the cornerstone for additional growth.
By the end of 1970s, Supor had moved its headquarters
to a site on the banks of the Passaic River at Bergen Street in Harrison,
built space for a corporate office, warehouse and maintenance shops. Diversification
was still the name of the game as the initial trucking operation expanded
into rigging,
heavy
hauling and warehousing.
In 1977, the company name was changed to J. Supor & Son Trucking &
Rigging Co., Inc., when Joe's son joined the firm.
Supor is recognized as a qualified contractor
to deal with major
disasters, and when the Three Mile Island accident occurred
in 1979, Supor's response team delivered the special stainless steel tanks
from their warehouse in Harrison to be used in the recovery operation at
the Pennsylvania site.
Supor did a great deal of work at Newark International
Airport and Giant Stadium in the early '80s. Another milestone was reached
in 1982 when Supor purchased Harrison Warehousing Company acquiring 180,000
square feet of warehousing space. With this addition, Supor became unique
in its ability to transport, store and redistribute industrial goods.
Throughout the '80s, Supor continued to supplement
its fleet of cranes by adding two 50-ton and two 75-ton hydraulic cranes
and a new line of tractors and lowboys.
In the '90s Supor acquired additional warehouse
space and in particular a facility which is 350,000 square feet on 25 acres.
After forty years, J. Supor & Son now
supplies trucking, crane, rigging and warehouse service on a nationwide
basis. Its Harrison headquarters is close to all of New Jersey's major
highways and is only minutes away from the Port of New York, Newark International
Airport and Conrail. The Bergen Street yard and warehouse are served by
a pier on the navigable Passaic River, and a railroad yard with Conrail
tie-ins. As Joe Supor puts it, "We can furnish fast, efficient service
for all land, sea and air terminals, regardless of the location and the
load size." "We provide complete turnkey rigging service, whether it be
a single piece of equipment or an entire plant." Today, Supor's specialized
fleet of equipment ranges from flat
bed trailers to transporters
capable of hauling up to 500 tons on one trailer. In addition, many types
of cranes
are available: truck mounted, crawler, hydraulic and lattice boom ranging
in size from 5 to 500 tons. The rigging
equipment includes a 500 ton Hydraulic Gantry System as well as one of
the most complete collection of rigging gear in the United States.
Superior equipment is backed by a staff of engineers
who are able to provide answers to any transportation or rigging problem.
The company's drivers and operators are the most qualified and highly trained
in the heavy industry.
Supor has expanded immensely throughout the years.
The company that started out with a single truck almost 40 years ago now
operates throughout the United States of America.
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