A very important pre-requisite for the integration of Danube navigation into modern-day business logistics is the safe, predictable and efficient management of traffic and transportation with reliable navigation conditions constituting just one of the basic requirements for economic and competitive success.

To this end, the implementation of innovative information and communication systems is of utmost importance since they offer the unique chance to direct waterway traffic, safeguard supervision and optimise transport and logistics procedures. via donau is responsible for the development and constant operation of the navigation information system DoRIS (Danube River Information Services) as well as the support of system users who travel the Austrian section of the Danube.

via donau's River Information Services (RIS) specialists partake in numerous expert groups of other countries bordering the Danube and are thus able to significantly contribute to the further development and improvement of RIS technology.