The company said the ship’s monthly passenger load may be a record
Memorial Day weekend traffic will help boost Hawaii Superferry passenger loads this month into record territory, the company said yesterday, although it has yet to reach the break-even mark.
The Alakai is now projected to transport more than 21,000 passengers and 5,800 vehicles in May, [...]

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Community can decide for itself if it wants service, new CEO says
The Hawaii Superferry, which hasn’t sailed to Kaua’i since harbor protesters blocked its arrival in August, intends to resume trips there only if the community signals it wants the service restored, the company’s new chief executive said yesterday.
“We’re going to do what is right [...]

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Ethics panel satisfied with effort to amend initial claim of $21,960
Hawaii Superferry substantially underreported its state lobbying expenses last year as it fought an environmental impact statement and then asked for special legislation that allowed it to resume interisland service.
Superferry executives at first reported $21,960 in lobbying expenses but, after being contacted by the state [...]

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Food industry officials say the Hawaii Superferry should resume its runs to Kauai. 
They say the shutdown of Aloha Airlines cargo services underscores the need for the ferry alternative to ship goods to and from the Garden Island. 
Love Bakery President Mike Walters says his shipment of bakery goods to Kauai had to go from Oahu via [...]

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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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Claiming that Hawaii Superferry profits do not trump federally mandated environmental requirements, attorneys filed an opening brief in the Intermediate Court of Appeals this week.
Attorneys argued in the brief that Kaua’i should enjoy the same constitutional protections afforded to everyone else in the state.
Dan Hempey and Greg Meyers, attorneys for 1,000 Friends of Kaua‘i, filed [...]

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