Overview

• Port workers in Ravenna flagged two containers of explosive materials destined for Haifa, triggering immediate checks by the mayor, the provincial president and the regional president.
• As shareholders, the local leaders asked terminal operator Sapir to block arms bound for conflict zones and to add a human-rights and peace clause to its code of ethics.
• Sapir declared its terminals unavailable for the cargo, effectively stopping the transit and leaving the shipment outside the facility.
• The Compagnia Portuale warned that moving war materiel lacks a clear operational framework and carries a concrete risk of public-order problems.
• Political and civic pressure intensified, with PD leader Elly Schlein urging a total arms embargo to and from Israel and protests contributing to the cancellation of an Undersec meeting involving Israeli firm Rafael.