{"id":9204,"date":"2011-07-26T20:41:12","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T05:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=9204"},"modified":"2011-07-26T20:41:12","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T05:11:12","slug":"orca-and-superferries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=9204","title":{"rendered":"Orca and Superferries"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Honolulu Star Advertiser<\/a> reports that researchers studying the effects of naval sonar on marine mammals spotted a pod of orca off Kaua’i:<\/p>\n

The whales appeared at about 9 a.m. Sunday in the channel between Kauai and Niihau where Baird and other Cascadia scientists are conducting a three-week project for the Navy to gauge the effect of sonar training on various species of marine mammals.<\/p>\n

The project, which began Wednesday and ends Aug. 8, involves tagging tooth-whale species, including false killer whales, short-finned pilot whales and Blainville’s beaked whales.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

The scientists will study the habitat and population, and the behavior and response to sonar during an upcoming submarine training exercise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, the Maritime Administration received four bids<\/a> for the two Hawaii Superferry catamarans:<\/p>\n

An effort by the federal government to sell the two former Hawaii Superferry high-speed catamarans has attracted four interested buyers, though it’s not certain when or if a winning bidder will be picked.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration said on Monday it received four bids to buy the two ships, the 321-foot Alakai and 338-foot Huakai. But the agency said it can’t identify the bidders or say when it might complete its review of the bids.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first time the ships came up for auction during foreclosure proceedings, no bidders came close to the actual cost of building the ships:<\/p>\n

The agency provided two loan guarantees totaling roughly $140 million toward the $190 million construction cost of the two ships for the Superferry. At the foreclosure auction, no one bid more than $25 million per ship, so the agency kept the vessels.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Superferry were proposed as transport vessels for Strykers and other military equipment.\u00a0 It was the prototype for the Joint High Speed Vessel, a fast military transport ship.\u00a0 Community protest and legal challenges successfully stopped the invasive project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that researchers studying the effects of naval sonar on marine mammals spotted a pod of orca off Kaua’i: The whales appeared at about 9 a.m. Sunday in the channel between Kauai and Niihau where Baird and other Cascadia scientists are conducting a three-week project for the Navy to gauge the … <\/p>\n

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