On 13 December 2023, the MERIDIAN Capitalisation Workshop with a focus on multimodal activities was held in Livorno at the Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci, organised jointly by SINA, the Port Authority of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea (Port of Livorno) and the Port Authority of the Northern Adriatic Sea (Port of Ravenna). The event, held in hybrid mode with around 30 participants in the room and online, also coincided with the first Knowledge Building Workshop.

The event began at 09:00 with a warm welcome from Giampiero Costagli of the Port Authority of Livorno, and then gave the words to Port of Ravenna for the introduction of the event.

Francesco Magagnoli introduced the objectives of the workshop and the structure of future events with at least two more workshops (one in spring and one in winter 2024) and two questionnaires with feedback on the activities with the common objective of evaluating the success of the multimodal tasks. This first workshop was divided into two parts, with the first part dedicated to multimodal activities with particular attention to the transition and best practices learned between URSA MAJOR neo and MERIDIAN. During this session, the four ports, partners of the MERIDIAN project, and the ZAI consortium presented their projects.