Controversial Hawaii Superferry to Resume Operations
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 11.15.07 | 12:50 PM ET
The saga of the Hawaii Superferry continues. The controversial 350-foot catamaran will resume operating in about two weeks, its CEO has announced. The ferry began carrying passengers and cars between a few Hawaiian islands last summer, offering an alternative to jet travel between islands, but it hasn’t operated for weeks as attorneys and officials debated its future. Environmentalists believe the ferry will harm whales, among other things.
Now, a state judge has ruled that the ferry can operate before the completion of an environmental report.
The decision won’t likely end the controversy.
We wrote about the swimmers and surfers who paddled out into the water in Kauai last August, successfully blocking the ferry from entering a harbor.
An attorney battling the ferry service now suggests that could happen again: “There will probably be some people who feel the only way to see justice done will be in the water.”
Related on World Hum:
* Hawaii Superferry Suspends All Service
* Hawaii Superferry Hits Troubled Legal Waters
* Environmentalists Protest Launch of Hawaii Superferry
Photo courtesy of Hawaii Superferry.