Inland waterways and ports – studies

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Connecting Europe Facility

Programme Description

The Connecting Europe Facility is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through infrastructure investment at European level.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

CEF-T-2021-COREGEN-IWWP-STUDIES

Call

Inland waterways and ports – studies

Summary

The objective is to develop inland waterways transport infrastructure projects on the Core Network of the TEN-T.

Detailed Call Description

Studies on inland waterways related to:

  • upgrade of waterways and related infrastructure such as locks and weirs/dams in order to achieve stable or improved navigation conditions, performance and/or more capacity for the passage of vessels or to ensure good navigation status;
  • creation of new waterways and related infrastructure (locks, weirs/dams, bridges);
  • construction/lifting/upgrading of locks and movable bridges, to improve the passage of vessels and convoys;
  • automation of waterway infrastructure (e.g. locks, weirs/dams, bridges) to improve its operation and monitoring;
  • increasing of under-bridge clearance;
  • ensuring year-round navigability e.g. by means of hydrological services, ice-breaking facilities and capital dredging;
  • waterside infrastructure including the creation and/or upgrade of infrastructure for mooring and waterborne operations along a waterway;
  • interconnection between inland waterways and maritime transport.

Studies on inland ports related to:

  • access, including safe access through navigational aids, of inland ports to inland waterways;
  • basic and water-side infrastructure in inland ports, including shore-side electricity supply;
  • port reception facilities for oil and other waste (including residues from exhaust gas cleaning systems) and infrastructure for degassing vessels to meet environmental requirements;
  • providing or improving road/rail access and connections within inland ports;
  • ensuring year-round navigability by means of e.g. hydrological services, ice-breaking facilities and dredging of the port and port approaches.

Water-side infrastructure development projects shall mean infrastructure that enhances the navigability capacity, improving the multimodal connection of waterborne transport operations. This excludes infrastructure that does not directly benefit waterborne transport operations.

Support will not be given to infrastructure dedicated to cruise ships, except as regards shore-side electricity supply.
Actions addressing the Core Network
may include related elements on the Comprehensive Network, when necessary to optimize the investment. These elements may form up to 10% of the total eligible costs of the Action and shall be presented as a separate work package.

Call Total Budget

€1,620,000,000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rates fixed in the Grant Agreement (50% for the costs of studies, 70% for the costs of works in outermost regions (not applicable for inland waterways), 50% for the other costs categories (‘project funding rate’) for actions supporting inland waterways and 30% for the other costs categories (‘project funding rate’) for actions supporting the other transport modes.

Thematic Categories

  • Fisheries/ Aquaculture and Maritime Policy
  • Transport

Eligibility for Participation

  • Central Government
  • International Organisations
  • NGOs
  • Non Profit Organisations
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
  • State-owned Enterprises

Eligibility For Participation Notes

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

  • be legal entities (public or private bodies)
  • be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
    • third countries associated to the CEF (list [none])

Call Opening Date

16/09/2021

Call Closing Date

19/01/2022

National Contact Point(s)

Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works
Department of Public Works
https://bit.ly/3I6mQjJ

165 Strovolou Avenue, 2048 Strovolos
Telephones: +357 22806521, +357 22806550, +357 22806537
Email: info@pwd.mcw.gov.cy

Contact person:
Elpida Epameinondas
Senior Executive Engineer
Τelephone: +357 22806643
Email: eepamenonda@pwd.mcw.gov.cy

EU Contact Point