The Civic Committee for Maritime Transport of the island of Ischia, chaired by lawyer Lucia Capriello, has formally challenged the Campania Region over the reduction of fast maritime services between Ischia and Naples.
In a formal notice sent to the Region, the committee requested the restoration of cancelled fast connections and a reassessment of key winter departures used by island residents travelling to the mainland for work, education, healthcare and public-service employment.
The disputed departures
At the centre of the dispute are the 19:10 departure from Ischia and the 20:20 departure from Naples Beverello. According to the report, those services were authorized from 3 November to 31 March on Saturdays only.
The committee also asked for a reassessment of the 08:05 service from Ischia and the 15:40 service from Naples, citing reports of suspensions and disruptions. The available research does not independently verify those reported suspensions, and it does not provide the exact timetable in force after the reported regional meeting.
The research also does not establish whether the Region accepted the committee's formal challenge or restored the disputed departures.
Call for island voices at the regional table
Separately, Ischia municipal councillor Carmen Criscuolo asked Regional Transport Councillor Mario Casillo to include island municipalities, trade associations and commuter representatives in the regional meeting on the issue.
The request frames the question as one of representation as well as scheduling: decisions on winter connections, the councillor argued, should directly involve the island communities and regular users affected by them.
A wider planning process
The Ischia-Naples dispute sits within a broader regional effort to coordinate and plan maritime links under territorial continuity.
The Region's wider maritime-transport policy includes a consultation on services intended to support territorial continuity. The consultation was opened through ACaMIR, with responses due by 19 December 2025. That consultation is broader than the specific Ischia-Naples dispute and does not itself confirm a solution to it.
A separate regional initiative established a permanent technical forum to monitor maritime connections between Pozzuoli, Procida and Ischia, involving municipalities, the Port Authority and maritime operators.
Taken together, the sources describe two levels of action: an immediate dispute over specific Ischia-Naples departures, and a longer-term institutional process for planning and monitoring regional maritime services.
What remains unclear is the outcome. The sources do not quantify passenger demand or the operators' stated reasons for the reductions, and the final decisions on the contested winter timetable have not been documented in the available material.
