Re: Hawai'i Superferry - Chapter 3
Hooo boy! Is the plot ever growing thicker in this YB/Superferry squabble on Maui.
Monday night at the DOT hearing in Kahului, Maui Land and Pineapple (yes, Steve Case's group) generously stepped up and said if the State would fast track an application and meet "certain conditions", they would be "willing" to take up the slack of shipping smaller than container sized loads between the islands if YB's application to cease such shipments is approved.
Hmmm...wonder why they decided to be so magnanimous now? You know they aren't doing it solely to kokua the small business owners. Appears they might be trying to reach some sort of sweetheart deal with Superferry to carry that cargo.
Miulang
Meanwhile the County Council is scheduled to meet next week to discuss a resolution postponing the arrival of Superferry until an EIS can be done and questions surrounding the YB space issue can be answered.
Hooo boy! Is the plot ever growing thicker in this YB/Superferry squabble on Maui.
Monday night at the DOT hearing in Kahului, Maui Land and Pineapple (yes, Steve Case's group) generously stepped up and said if the State would fast track an application and meet "certain conditions", they would be "willing" to take up the slack of shipping smaller than container sized loads between the islands if YB's application to cease such shipments is approved.
Hmmm...wonder why they decided to be so magnanimous now? You know they aren't doing it solely to kokua the small business owners. Appears they might be trying to reach some sort of sweetheart deal with Superferry to carry that cargo.
Miulang
Maui Land & Pineapple Inc. will ask for a "fast track" of approvals to begin shipping small loads of general cargo on Hawaii Superferry to fill a gap that would be created if Young Brothers Ltd. gets permission to eliminate that part of its service.
Maui Pineapple Co. President Brian Nishida said that if "certain conditions" were met, costs of delivery would remain the same and travel time would be much faster on Superferry than on a Young Brothers barge.
The announcement stunned a crowd Monday night at Lihikai Elementary School where the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission was hearing a request by Young Brothers to end transportation of loads in and out of Kahului Harbor that take up less than a full container. Young Brothers has been forced to make the move at this time because the state ordered the company to vacate a fourth of its space at Pier 2 by Jan. 1 to accommodate Superferry. ML&P is one of the islands’ largest private investors in Superferry, sinking $603,000 into the project.
Maui Pineapple Co. President Brian Nishida said that if "certain conditions" were met, costs of delivery would remain the same and travel time would be much faster on Superferry than on a Young Brothers barge.
The announcement stunned a crowd Monday night at Lihikai Elementary School where the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission was hearing a request by Young Brothers to end transportation of loads in and out of Kahului Harbor that take up less than a full container. Young Brothers has been forced to make the move at this time because the state ordered the company to vacate a fourth of its space at Pier 2 by Jan. 1 to accommodate Superferry. ML&P is one of the islands’ largest private investors in Superferry, sinking $603,000 into the project.
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