The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) administrates the scheme of behalf of the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
The objective of the scheme is to encourage the modal shift of freight from road to water by granting aid to new, or in exceptional circumstances existing, coastal or short sea services provided that they avoid lorry journeys on Norwegian roads and generate environmental and wider social benefits within Norway.
Grants may be awarded to ship-owners to launch new shortsea shipping services, or, in exceptional circumstances to existing services, provided they transfer freight from Norwegian roads to sea.
Ship-owners seeking grants must be established in the EEA area, having ships registered under the flag of an EEA country may apply for aid.
The application round for 2020 is now open for new applicants. In the meny you can find information about how to apply, as well as the guidelines for the scheme and application guide.
Grant applications should be submitted using the Norwegian Coastal Administration’s application form available in Altinn. Should you require an alternative submission, please contact the grant manager.
The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has, in cooperation with Kongsberg Seatex, extended the AIS network in Svalbard with four new AIS base stations. The new base stations provides live AIS data of seagoing traffic in the Hinlopen Strait.
Would you like to help develop new support tools for the pilot service? Then you should join the dialogue conference on 28 September.
Due to maintenance work at Måløy Bridge in Vestland County, the sailing height in the eastern fairway is reduced from 41 to 34 metres. This is valid from 31 July 2020 to 19 July 2021.
The globally leading nations on autonomous maritime operations came together today for the very first time. They have now launched a cooperation to exchange knowledge and work towards common guidelines for future development. Norway takes part.
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration will carry out necessary maintenance on the Måløy bridge (Måløybrua) from 31 July 2020 to September 2021. The sailing draft will periodically be lower than normal and the sailing pattern must therefore be temporarily changed.