RiverLift is a family-owned business with a 50-year history of reliability, integrity and quality. Co-owners Bob and Mark Schaefer are not only accessible — they take an active, hands-on role with every customer and project.

Reliability, Integrity and Quality Since 1959

The company now known as RiverLift Industries was founded by Michael Schaefer in 1959 as a trucking business. He bought our current terminal property in 1966, adding barge docks to support asphalt production and distribution. This brought river terminal business as well, but road construction and paving remained our primary focus through the 70s and 80s.

Brothers and co-owners Bob and Mark Schaefer grew up unloading barges, moving materials in the yard, cleaning trucks and working on road crews at their father's business. Beginning in the late 80s and early 90s, they were also directly involved in expanding the facility to a full-service, multimodal terminal and shifting to an emphasis on logistics, transloading and trucking solutions, while continuing to produce and distribute hot mix asphalt and de-icing products. Most recently, they have expanded trucking capabilities and officially adopted the names RiverLift Industries and RiverLift Trucking for our integrated companies. The terminal now has more than 30 employees, with the trucking fleet contracting approximately 50 additional people.