Discover the financial help available for intermodal transport to France!
Benefit from financial help covering up to 100% of the investment in your equipment fleet!
With the energy saving certificates scheme, intermodal transport to France is becoming more accessible thanks to the financing of semi-trailers (ex : P400) and swap bodies, or even rail motorway wagons.
As a haulier or operator not based in France who transports goods to to this country, you may be eligible for this financial help without knowing it. That’s why Soberway Energy provides you with information and support in all the formalities involved in obtaining finance.
The advantages of intermodal transport
Sustainability
Over long distances, intermodal transport remains an economical and ecological solution, producing less CO2 and optimising costs between customers with trains or river barges capable of carrying large quantities of goods, as well as relatively low energy consumption per unit of goods transported.
Flexibility
Intermodal transport offers an extremely flexible logistics solution, adapted to a wide variety of goods flows. It is the optimum solution for transporting bulky goods. New transhipment systems for semi-trailers enable efficient loading and a large daily volume from road to rail.
Security
By using rail or river for part of the trip, intermodal transport offers a safer alternative to road transport by reducing the risk of accidents, giving greater control over the loading of goods and reducing exposure to weather conditions and the risks associated with driver tiredness.
Intermodal transport : An alternative for reducing CO2 emissions
Intermodal transport unit for combined rail/road transport
You are a haulier or transport operator not based in France, and intermodal or multimodal transport plays a key role in your business? Benefit from financial help for the purchase of your intermodal equipment, whether for arrivals in or departures from France, or a connection in France to a border country (ex : Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc.).
Opt for intermodal transport by rail to transfer your customers’ goods to France and obtain financial help covering up to 100% of the cost of your semi-trailers (ex : P400) or swap bodies.
Conditions of eligibility :
- Purchase or lease (minimum of lease 36 months – excluding tacit renewal)
- Type of equipment : New swap bodies or semi-trailers dedicated to combined road-rail transport (ISO type maritime containers are not eligible).
- Eligible dimensions : length >or=9m or <9M with TWL>30T, length <9M with TWL<30T
- Period of 12 months to realise the trips from the date of delivery of the equipment
- Trips taken into account : at least one departure from or arrival at a combined transport terminal in France
TWL = Total Weight Loaded
T= Tonnes
Did you know ?
The European Union’s objective is to increase the volume of rail freight in the Member States by 50% in 2030 compared with 2015 (18.9%).
Did you know? ?
Using a long-distance rail motorway service can save up to 1 tonne of CO2 emissions per year for each semi-trailer transported.
Rail Motorway Wagon
Optimise your logistics with rail motorway wagons eligible for financial help under the French mechanism, an innovative solution for combining sustainability and operational efficiency.
Conditions of eligibility :
- Purchase or lease of a new motorway wagon (minimum lease of 24 months – excluding tacit renewal)
- 18-month period to complete trips from the date of authorisation to put the wagon into commercial exploitation.
- Trips made from or to at least one combined transport terminal located in France are taken into account.
Intermodal transport unit for combined river/road transport
Opt for river transport to France, a versatile and sustainable transport solution that makes full use of loading capacity.
Conditions of eligibility :
- Purchase or lease (minimum of lease 36 months – excluding tacit renewal)
- Type of equipment : New swap bodies or semi-trailers dedicated to combined road-river transport (ISO type maritime containers are not eligible).
- Eligible dimensions : from 20 to 45 feet
- Period of 12 months to realise the trips from the date of delivery of the equipment
- Trips taken into account: at least one departure from or arrival at a combined transport terminal in France
Did you know?
Around 1/3 of all intermodal units transported in France are shipped by river.
To be taken into account when calculating financial help for your intermodal equipement
- Taking into account traffic statements over a maximum period of 6 consecutive months.
- Account taken of empty or full trips at least on departure from or on arrival at a combined transport terminal located in France.
- The average number of trips made over one year corresponds to : the number of trips in the traffic statements made over 6 consecutive months, multiplied by two.
- 1 round trip = 2 trips for the calculation of your financial help
The steps in a financing request :
At Soberway Energy, we support you at every step in the management of your file. We’ll be there to answer your questions, advise you and take full charge of your project to obtain your financial help.
Steps in applying for equipment finance with Soberway Energy :
Eligibility study and validation of your project
Sending and signing of a Bonus Agreement including the amount of your financial help
Ordering and delivering your intermodal transport equipment
Trips made using the equipment purchased: up to 6 months of consecutive trips can be taken into account when calculating your financial help.
Compiling your file, including all supporting documents and checking for compliance
Deposit and validation of your file with the National Pole of Energy savings Certificates, which is part of the French Ministry of Ecology and Solidarity.
Payment of your financial help
Important :
You must contact us before ordering your equipment.
Why should you choose Soberway Energy?
Time saving
Your project is our priority! We are committed to being responsive at every stage. Responding to your needs and rapidly assessing your project’s eligibility for financial help available for intermodal transport.
Seize financing opportunities
We take a proactive approach, whether you are a transporter or a transport operator, to informing you of the financial help available for intermodal transport to France. We will guide you through the eligible operations to ensure that you do not miss out on funding opportunities.
Simplify your processes
The application process for financial help can be long and complex, with often time-consuming files involving a large volume of documents to be treated and checked. At Soberway Energy, we take care of all these tasks for you !
Attractive financial help
Our aim is to maximise your financial help while ensuring that your project complies with the regulatory requirements of the energy saving certificate mechanism.
Expert in the financing scheme
Our team has more than 10 years’ experience in setting up financing help scheme for the transport sector .
Soberway Energy will support you in your decarbonisation projects by providing you with all its technical and regulatory expertise in the Energy Saving Certificates mechanism (ESC).
FAQ
I have ordered the equipment, can I apply to be eligible for financial help for my equipment ?
For all investment projects, you must have signed a bonus agreement before ordering your equipment, to prove the ‘incentive’ nature required by the rules of the mechanism.
The ‘incentive’ aspect of the scheme is defined as encouraging beneficiaries to choose more efficient and more energy-saving solutions before the decision is even taken. Any energy-saving action that is not an incentive or that is carried out after the contractual commitment to the operation is considered a windfall and cannot be the subject of an application for financial help.
That’s why you need to contact us before ordering your equipment. We’ll send you an bonus agreement, checking beforehand that your project is eligible.
Can equipment purchased second-hand be eligible for financial help ?
Only equipment purchased or leased new may be the subject of an application for financial help.
For example, an intermodal transport unit that has already been put into service or resold on the second-hand marketwill not be eligible for financial help, as this would also be considered a windfall effect.
