The most acute phase of the road haulage protest in Naples appears to be over. The roadblocks have been removed and fuel deliveries have restarted, according to Il Mattino, with blockades also cleared in Caserta and Salerno, according to Euronews.
Police-escorted operations kept essential movements going during the emergency. Il Mattino reports 1,050 trucks escorted over 48 hours, while officers later escorted fuel supplies to petrol stations in Naples once the pickets were dissolved, according to Corriere della Sera.
What changed in Naples and Campania
The pickets and blockades in Campania were progressively dismantled, and distribution began returning toward normal gradually, according to Euronews and Corriere della Sera. In Naples, that included the clearance of the pickets at varco Bausan, the gate serving the Porto di Napoli area, and in via Argine, according to Corriere della Sera.
During the acute phase, the mayors of Naples and Bari had warned of a risk of urban paralysis, ANSA reported. The government responded with a firmer line, with identifications and formal complaints against those responsible for the blockades, according to ANSA.
What remains less clear is whether any presence continued around the port. Il Mattino reported that a sit-in remained at the port even as city supplies resumed, while Corriere della Sera reported the dismantling of the presidi at varco Bausan and in via Argine. That difference may reflect different times of reporting or different areas around the port, and the available sources do not resolve it.
Enforcement figures reported
Il Mattino puts the reported enforcement balance at 500 people identified and reported and 450 fined, largely for violations of the Codice della Strada.
No official Prefettura document was available in the consulted sources to independently verify the detail behind those identification, complaint and sanction figures. The figures should therefore be read as reported by Il Mattino rather than as a confirmed official balance.
Government aid package
Euronews reports that the decree approved by the government provides a total of 175 million euros for road haulage, agriculture and fisheries.
The breakdown reported by Euronews is 45.2 million euros in diesel tax credit for hauliers, another 60 million euros for the subsequent period, 60 million euros for agriculture and 10 million euros for fisheries.
What to expect next
The return of deliveries has been described as gradual rather than immediate. The sources describe fuel supplies resuming, including under police escort in Naples, but they do not quantify when stocks at petrol stations and supermarkets fully returned to normal.
For residents and drivers, the practical picture from the verified reporting is that city blockades were lifted and escorted refuelling resumed, while the exact situation around the Porto di Napoli remained uncertain at the time of the latest reports. Further updates would need to clarify whether the port-area gathering reported by Il Mattino had fully dispersed and how quickly retail stocks stabilised.
