Most capital expenditure on facilities needed to handle or carry freight by water, in particular:

1. Rail and waterway infrastructure (wharves, jetties, quays, sidings, signalling, earthworks)
2. Unloading and loading equipment (lifting/discharging installations, hoppers, fork-lift trucks conveyors, cranes)
3. Buildings and Storage (warehousing, silos, tanks, loading bays, storage yards, administrative buildings)
4. Services (installation of power, lighting, water, drainage, fuel storage)
5. Access roads, security fencing
6. Environmental protection (dust and noise prevention equipment, screening)
7. Rights of way
8. Design and project management

Max. 50%

Funding criteria: transfer of traffic from road, value of environmental benefit. Guidelines vary slightly from region to region. Combination with other funding programmes is allowed.