Fermerci has announced that the European Commission has authorized Italy to provide economic support for rail freight manoeuvres in the and it is the first time that aid has been granted this type to the industry. The incentive provides for a reduction in tariffs for rail freight operators and their customers.

The decision of the European Commission, valid for five years, authorises the Italian Port System Authorities to provide incentives up to a maximum of 500,000 euros per year, for a total of of 30 million in total in the reference period. The contribution is aimed at manoeuvring operators who will have to overturn railway undertakings to account for 50% of the same, on the model of the Ferrobonus. The association explained that at this moment there is awaits the interministerial decree necessary for the implementation of the measure. Subsequently, the Port System Authorities may proceed, optionally, with the issuance of calls for tenders for the allocation of the contribution.

Fermerci pointed out that the measure, which constitutes a real and Port Ferrobonus, comes at one of the most important moments in the world. critical given the current geopolitical tensions and disruptions still in place in 2026 to finalize the investments of the PNRR and recalled that between 2021 and 2024 the number of freight trains in ports, in origin and destination, is decreased by five percentage points due to the geopolitical tensions and reduced grid capacities railway shunting services, including the costs for railway shunting services goods in ports.

In addition, Fermerci has announced that in these days it is already an amendment to the Milleproroghe Decree has been proposed, currently in conversion in the Chamber, to extend the terms of the measure, currently scheduled until the end of 2026, in compliance with the European authorisation that would make the latter structural, and highlighted that for this reason it is essential approve the proposed amendments to the decree-law being converted.