Philosophy

River Service is a logistics operator that specialises in inter-modality, with a particular focus on eco-sustainability.

This is the reason for choosing the sites in which it operates. River Service is in fact present in the inland ports of Rovigo and Mantua which have unique characteristics in Italy, as it is possible to access them through the threefold modalities: river, rail, and road.

Since the establishment of the company in 2011, over 40 thousand trucks have been taken from the roads to date, thanks to River Service‘s commitment to favouring this change of method. If all these trucks were in a column one behind the other, they would form a snake 600 kilo-meters long, which is the distance that divides Milan from Rome.

This translates into lower atmospheric Co2 emissions. Each year, in fact, about 75 – 77 tons less of Co2 are emitted into the atmosphere.
In Mantua and Rovigo, River Service is the concessionaire of warehouses for the storage of bulk or packaged products.

75-77

tons of less of Co2 emitted into the air

40.000

trucks taken from the road since 2011

100.000

cubic meters of storage capacity in Rovigo

40/50

trucks per day loaded on average at the Rovigo plant

Mantua

The second logistics hub is in the Port of Mantua, where we have three warehouses for bulk and packaged product, with a total storage capacity of 25,000 cubic meters and the ability to place around 13,000 tons of bulk products inside. The three warehouses are used: two for the storage of cereals, the other for the storage and processing of fertilizers; all are connected to the railway, for a total of about 500 meters of track. In addition, the site has a quay with a canopy for loading/ unloading of barges, even in bad weather conditions.

The Mantua site also specializes in the packaging of fertilizers in large bags; River Service has a bagging plant with the capacity to produce 60 large bags/hour. This choice is important in order to offer the numerous customers, present within a radius of 50 kilometers, the prompt delivery of fertilizer products for agricultural use. During the high season, the packaging and delivery service takes place on two working shifts, in order to meet the peak demand from farms and consortia that need the products for the land, quickly. Mantua is particularly important for its railway location, being located on the Brenner axis and intercepting two of the main European corridors, for the flow of goods.

Rovigo

In Rovigo River Service has a total storage capacity of approximately 100,000 cubic meters available, with the possibility of placing approximately 60,000 tons of bulk products, divided into seven load cells. The products that are mainly stored are cereals such as: corn, wheat, sunflower seeds, barley and others.
Fertiliser is also received by train and distributed for agricultural use.
This location also has two unloading pits with a capacity of 150 tons / hour for each of them, offering the opportunity to unload two trains at the same time; internal railway connections for a total length of one kilometer of tracks; river quay for docking barges with a load capacity of 1,800 tons each; three filling silos for tank truck loading.
Each day an average of 40/50 trucks are loaded for the distribution of products by road, within a radius of no more than 50 kilometers.

Vista aerea impianto River Service di Rovigo

25.000

cubic meters of storage

13.000

tons of bulk products

500

meters of track that connects the two warehouses

large bags per hour

Immagini dell’interno del magazzino fertilizzanti di Mantova — Images of the interior of the fertilizer warehouse in Mantua

Un convoglio ferroviario allo scarico a Mantova presso il raccordo River Service — A railway train unloading in Mantua at the River Service junction

mantova — Shovel making big bags in Mantua

Health certifications and authorizations

The warehouses, the structure and the entire logistics cycle that River Service offers are guaranteed by ISO9001, GMP + and GTP certifications.
We also have sanitary authorizations for the storage of goods for animal feed and human food use. Finally, both sites have authorizations for the storage and handling of organic products. River Service‘s mission is to manage eco-sustainable operations, certain that climate change is now a reality and we must all strive to make a daily contribution to the abatement of greenhouse gases. This is why River Service has always been committed to researching and implementing the best logistics solutions for customers and the environment.

ISO9001

GMP+

GTP