Tomorrow the annual meeting will open in Mantua of the European Federation of Inland Ports (EFIP), the association that brings together around 200 inland ports and port authorities in 18 countries of the European Union, Switzerland, Serbia and Ukraine. The program of the event, which will continue until Saturday, includes for tomorrow the international workshop entitled "HyMantoValley project Creation of the Hydrogen Valley in the Valdaro inland Port" which will be held in the capital starting at 3 pm at Cà degli Uberti Palace Hotel, in Piazza Sordello 13.Il seminar, organized by EFIP with the coordination of the Province and Agire, represents an important opportunity to discuss the creation of the "Hydrogen Valley" of Mantua that will develop around the Port Valdaro Intermodal. In particular, the event aims to explore the potential of hydrogen as a source of clean energy and the its applications in the transport sector, within ports which can play an important role in accelerating the energy transition. The participation of industry experts, representatives of institutions and innovators technology (Sapio, an expert partner in the production and distribution of of green hydrogen, Veneziana Navigazione, a company that is Converting a ship from diesel to hydrogen operating along the Fissero-Tartaro canal between the port of Mantua and Venice, and IPE Locomotori 2000 which plans the conversion to hydrogen of a diesel locomotive). It will also be an opportunity to take stock of Hymantovalley, a co-funded project by the European Union which will end at the end of 2026 and which will have to make the inner port of Valdaro a center sustainable logistics system, thanks to the creation of a complete renewable hydrogen supply chain.

Friday at 9 a.m., in the Council Chamber of the Palace of Bagno, the general assembly of EFIP will take place, followed by at 3 p.m. by a ceremony at the port of Mantua Valdaro in in memory of the architect Giancarlo Leoni, who recently passed away, for many years manager of the Province of Mantua and above all among the first in Mantua to believe in the potential of the port of Valdaro as a driving force for the development of the entire territory Virgilian. Moderated by the journalist of the "Gazzetta di Mantua" Enrico Comaschi, administrators, former presidents, colleagues and friends will remember him.