Italy: Violent Protests Leave Dozens of Detainees; Shortage Due to Trucker Strike
Hauliers say diesel costs have jumped more than 50 cents a litre since the war in Iran began, and some blockades may continue until Oct. 27.
- Truckers in southern Italy began blocking roads on Friday, protesting soaring diesel costs and widespread fuel shortages across Puglia, with lorry blockades expected to spread to Calabria and Sicily.
- Hauliers' association Conftrasporto said diesel prices rose by more than 50 cents a litre since the war in Iran began, and promised government funding set aside in May has yet to arrive.
- Nearly every petrol station around Foggia in Puglia was out of fuel, with most stations in Cosenza and Catanzaro in Calabria reporting similar shortages, Ansa reported.
- The transport ministry summoned hauliers to a meeting on Tuesday, October 27th after the association threatened to "grind to a halt" the country with a national stoppage.
- Beyond the trucking protests, wider labor disruptions struck Italy on Friday as state school staff held a national strike and easyJet employees staged a 24-hour walkout.
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"Transporters will soon no longer be able to do business", Verena Schleifer, ARD Rome, on truck blockades in Italy
A protest by road hauliers against high fuel prices blocked, for a few days, important road arteries in the south of the country and led to an almost total blockade of road transport.
In southern Italy, the protest of freight forwarders and truck drivers against the high fuel prices is currently spreading. Blocks and protest actions on roads, port accesses and logistics centers hindered the movement of goods in several regions. In many supermarkets, the shelves remain empty.
Supermarket supplies disrupted as truckers’ protests spread across southern Italy
Truckers' protests over rising fuel costs spread across southern Italy on Monday as road and port blockades disrupted deliveries and left some supermarket shelves empty, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
Protests by truck and truck drivers have begun to spread in Italy by shutting down road and port entrances in southern regions due to rising fuel prices.
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