CEF – CEF 2 Transport – Projects related to sustainable and multimodal mobility – General envelope – 2026

Objective

To modernise maritime transport infrastructureon the TEN-T network and reducing the environmental impact of  transport through efficient short sea shipping links and greening of inland shipping.

Priorities

• Priority 1: projects supporting the deployment of Onshore-power supply and charging infrastructure in TEN-T maritime and inland ports in accordance with Regulation 2023/1804
• Priority 2: the fitting or retrofitting of the energy systems of inland waterway vessels and short sea shipping vessels (including ferries), with electric, hybrid, H2, ammonia, methanol and biomethane technologies, substitute sources of energy and the installation of wind assisted propulsion systems (WAPS)

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
  • Countries associated to the CEF Programme (list of participating countries)
• Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal

Additional information

• Contact: CINEA-CEF-TRANSPORT-CALLS@ec.europa.eu

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 200 million euros
• Amount of the grant: between 1.000.000 and 10.000.000 euros

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

• Funding rate: maximum between 30% and 70% of the total eligible costs