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Support of transhipment facilities of the combined transport of non-federally owned enterprises

 · Relocation of freight transports from the road to the environmentally friendly modes of transport rail and waterway as well as connecting the system advantages of the different modes of transport.

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Actions able to be supported

Measures for the construction, area expansion and development of transhipment facilities of the combined transport

Rate of co-financing and conditions

At maximum, 80 % of the eligible investment expenses for the acquisition of real estate (if these are directly necessary for the transhipment and the directly connected transport), the establishment of infrastructure measures required on this real estate for the transhipment and, if necessary, officially ordered, the establishment of required building constructions as well as for the acquisition of transhipment devices.

Other important information
  • Support programme aims at transhipment facilities and thus is only indirectly relevant for the inland waterway transport
  • An extension of the guideline is currently being prepared (status November 2016)
Title of the instrument
Förderung von Umschlaganlagen des Kombinierten Verkehrs nichtbundeseigener Unternehmen
Type of aid

Direct subsidy

Eligible beneficiaries
Companies under private law (except railway infrastructure companies of the Federal Government)
Time frame
01/01/2012 - 31/12/2016
Total budget
2016: 107000000 EUR
Legal basis
Guideline for the support of transhipment facilities of the combined transport of non-federally owned enterprises from 23 November, 2011 (extended by the announcement of the Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure from 29 December, 2015)
Usefull links
www.elwis.de/Foerderprogramme
www.ast-west.gdws.wsv.de/schifffahrt
www.bmvi.de