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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Friday, May 15, 2009

Hawaii Superferry to auction array of items from short stay


Advertiser Staff

KAHULUI, Maui — Souvenir hounds and bargain hunters will get a chance to bid on remnants of Hawaii Superferry’s short-lived and contentious operations at auctions to be held on Maui and Oahu.

Everything from restroom trailers, portable offices, traffic cones, light towers, office furniture, Superferry shirts and shoe scrubbers will go on the auction block at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the former ferry terminal at Kahului Harbor, located at Puunene and Kaahumanu avenues.
The Oahu auction will take place at 10 a.m., May 23, at Honolulu Harbor Piers 19 and 20. Items include tools, a 10,000-pound power winch, animal carriers, luggage scales and carts, security camera systems, ticket counters, food service items, computers and life preservers.
The auctions are being handled by Pacific Bid LLC.
“It is clear that it is going to take an extended period of time to set the conditions for any future operations in Hawaii, for example, completing another (environmental impact statement), and, hence, the logic to auction off equipment,” said Hawaii Superferry president and chief executive officer Thomas Fargo in an e-mail to The Advertiser.
“We still believe there is a need for a high-speed interisland ferry capability here in Hawaii.”
For a list of the auction items, visit www.pacificbid.com.