That’s maybe true but the reason it shut down is the lack of an environmental survey: https://www.kitv.com/news/business/state-removing-last-remnants-of-the-def

That’s maybe true but the reason it shut down is the lack of an environmental survey: https://www.kitv.com/news/business/state-removing-last-remnants-of-the-defunct-hawaii-superferry/article_65f8f62a-93d9-11ee-8ab8-6b407069d7c8.html https://www.kitv.com/news/business/state-removing-last-remna... > The Hawaii Superferry started service in 2007 but only lasted until 2009 after the state Supreme Court ruled that a law allowing it to operate without a second complete environmental study was unconstitutional. A lot of the outer island folks loved it. I did. I lived on Maui at the time.