The Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea, as part of the Green Ports programme, today published a notice for the selection of proposals for intervention by concessionaires/terminal operators operating in port areas for the purchase of new electric or hydrogen service vehicles, or to the electrification of existing vehicles. They can benefit from the Concessions holders of a valid concession or other title operating within the port areas of competence of the Port Authority. Interventions must include the purchase of electric or hydrogen vehicles for the handling of goods and/or waste, shuttles for the collective transport of people within the port area, the transformation of existing vehicles in electric or hydrogen and provide for the scrapping of vehicles Replaced.

The resources available for the granting of the subsidies amount to almost 5.4 million euros. Non-repayable grants can cover up to 100% of the costs deemed eligible, with the limit of 300,000 euros per company in three years and cannot be cumulated with other sources of Community funding. The term for the submission of applications is set at 12.00 of next January 31, while requests for clarification may be be submitted until 12.00 noon on 17 January.