Hawaii’s government caved to pressure from the operator of the new inter-island ferry when it allowed the company to bypass an environmental review, an audit to be released Thursday found.
The report said the state Department of Transportation exempted the Hawaii Superferry from an environmental study after the company threatened not to bring the ship to [...]

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The return of Superferry is still nearly a month away.
The service is now taking reservations for it’s back-and-forth Maui runs starting April 23.
The giant vessel is out of dry dock but spokeswoman Lori Abe says repairs and inspections are continuing.
The Alakai has been in dry dock since Feb. 13 for repairs that were supposed to [...]

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Informational public meetings on the Superferry’s Environmental Impact Statement conducted by the Hawai‘i State Department of Transportation for the Hawai‘i Superferry are under way.
“The meetings are intended to give the public an opportunity to give their input,” said Mike Formby, DOT Harbors Division chief. “It’s an opportunity to engage the community.”
Formby said there will be [...]

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View video of people on Kauai resisting the Superferry …
Day 1 - Day 2

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Reports have been flowing in from our sources on the Hawaiian island of Kauai about the protests and demonstrations that have prevented the new “Superferry” from docking here, literally forcing the megaship to back out of Nawiliwili Harbor. Previously, a state judge had barred the unseemly vessel from making landfall at Kahului harbor on Maui.
The [...]

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The Hawaii Superferry’s Alakai won’t be traveling to Kauai this week despite a Coast Guard’s new fixed security zone in place at Nawiliwili Harbor.
No decision has been made yet as to when service to Kauai will resume, company spokesman Terry O’Halloran said. He said the company is working closely with the Coast Guard to determine [...]

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