It has been published on the institutional page of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport: the decree Directorial Decree no. 222 of 18 November 2025 which illustrates the procedures to request access to the third year 2025-2026 of the Sea Modal Shift contribution, the incentive provided by the ministry and aimed at improving and optimizing the intermodal chain supporting combined road-sea transport. The subjects beneficiaries are individual road haulage companies for third parties, also constituted in the form of groupings, temporary or permanent vehicles, which embark vehicles and/or crates on ro-ro and ro-pax ships mobile vehicles, accompanied or not by their drivers. They are incentivized all maritime routes listed in Regulation No 166/2023, in addition to the routes that will be highlighted by the companies applicants for the contribution at the time of application. The incentive granted to individual beneficiaries provides for a maximum contribution payable equal to 30 euro cents for each unit vehicle on board, multiplied by the road kilometres avoided on the national road network.

The request for access to the contribution must be submitted no later than after 12.00 noon on 17 December. The contributions are intended to cover maritime transport services carried out in the period between 6 December 2025 and 5 December 2026.