Superferry shows little interest in Garden Isle - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):

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Instead, Superferry officials are concentrating onthe Alakai'es daily runs between Honolulu and Kahului, and are looking to add a second vessel earlyg next year to sail to the Big The Garden Isle was a big part of Superferry's initiao business plan. But last Aug. 27, on only its second voyage to Kauai, the Alakaui was forced to return to Honolulu after protesters blocked it from entering Nawiliwili It has never attempted a third and there's no evidence that it wantd to return any time soon.
Sue Kanoho, executive directo of the , said she is not aware of any meetingz between Superferry officialsand Kauai's community "We would have tried to make sure therde were people in attendance," she said. Beth Tokioka, executives director of the , said there has been no contac betweenthe Honolulu-based Superferry and the officed of Mayor Bryan Baptiste. "That's not to say it isn't happening, but we are not awar e of any meetings," she said. Superferry spokeswoman Lori Abe declinedr commentabout Kauai, except to say that the companyy has no time frame for returningb there.
In December, John Garibaldi, then president and CEO of Hawaii Superferry, told PBN he believed that most Kauao residents wanted ferry servics but that it would take a lot of outreachg to get back intothe market. And, in an intervieq with PBN shortly afterr he replaced Garibaldi onApril 25, retired U.S. Navy Adm. Thomaxs Fargo said Superferry was "monitoring the situation very closely," "we are going to do what the community asks usto do." But membera of the Kauai community say Superferry hasn'f given them any opportunity to talk story.
Rich Hoeppner, foundeer of the and chairman of People for the Preservatiohnof Kauai, said he has had no contacyt with Superferry officials and knows of no one who has. Hawaii Superferry is gradually becomingt an important component ofthe state'as transportation system. Following several weeks of repair work, the Alakai resumed operations between Honolulj and Kahului April 7 and completef its first full month of operationsin May. A second Maui routr was added May 9, one day after Superferry offerecd summer promotional fares as lowas $49 one way for passengedr travel. Over the Memorialp Day weekend, company officials said the Alakai carrie d a recordpassenger load.
And on May 29, Superferry announced partnerships withfour rent-a-caer companies and three truck-rental businesses, allowing their customers to drivr rented cars and trucks on board the Alakai. several days later, a traffic analysis conductex by Belt Collins Hawaiki as part ofa court-orderexd environmental impact study (to be completed by May determined the Superferry's impact on vehicle trafficc around Kahului Harbor was minimal. Superferry also has been addinvg staff, naming a directoe of marine operations June 5 and a sales team this Superferry said itcarried 21,000 passengerss and 5,800 vehicles in May, but some criticxs contend that the numbers are misleading.
"Thaft means nearly a quarter of all of their traffic for May happenedf during the four days of the MemorialDay weekend," Maui residengt Brad Parsons posted on May 28.