On the occasion of the first edition of the "International Conference on Energy and Digital Transition in the Maritime Sector", held between yesterday and today in Oran, Algeria, one of the most important events in the Mediterranean panorama on the theme energy and digital transition of ports, the Authority of the Port System of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, in representing Italy, illustrated the GreenMedPorts project, funded in the European Interreg NEXT MED programme, with which The Tuscan Port Authority intends to create a stable corridor with the southern shore of the Mediterranean.

GreenMedPorts, one of the thirty projects approved out of a total of 600 international applications, focuses on two central axes of port transformation: the development of the Green Corridors essential to ensure low-speed sea routes emissions and integrated energy infrastructure, and monitoring through digital technologies, Sensors and evaluation models shared between the two shores of the Mediterranean.

The project, coordinated by the Italian port authority, sees the participation of important subjects from the institutional world and starting with the Tunisian Ministry of Agriculture, of hydraulic resources and fisheries, by the Egyptian Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, and from Algeria Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Mohamed Boudiaf. Also present were the Malta Foundation of Transport and the CETMO Foundation.

Thanks to GreenMedPorts, which will last three years, the Tuscan Port Authority aims in particular to consolidate relations with a A country, Algeria, which is investing heavily in energy, digitalisation and port infrastructure, with direct access to institutions, universities, ports and strategic networks. "Yes trafficking - highlighted the president of the Port Authority, Davide Gariglio - a valuable platform to strengthen cooperation with Algerian universities, research centres, ministries and ports, creating a stable exchange corridor in the Southern Mediterranean". "The involvement of the MTS Port Authority - he added - consolidates the positioning of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio as European hubs maritime innovation and strengthens our role in the construction of the Mediterranean network of green ports".