Hawaii Superferry failed to pay the state monthly fees

The Associated Press reported that the troubled Hawaii Superferry, a military prototype fast transport ship, had failed to pay the state its monthly fees nine months before the Hawaii Supreme Court ruling that overturned a state law retroactively exempting the Hawaii Superferry from state environmental review laws.  AP reporter Mark Niesse reported:

The Hawaii Superferry was sailing under a facade of success in the summer of 2008 — boasting of record ridership — but it had already begun to shortchange the state on its monthly fees, according to an Associated Press review of Department of Transportation records.

The article went further to report:

During the first month the Superferry shorted the state, company President Tom Fargo went so far as to proclaim “business is good,” with July showing a 40 percent increase in passenger traffic on the vessel compared to the previous month.

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