LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed an antitrust lawsuit as she wants to break up the alleged monopoly by the Hoffman Family of Companies on the Mackinac Island ferry service.
The complaint was filed in Ingham County Circuit Court accusing the company of eliminating competition by buying Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry and the Mackinac Island Ferry Company.
The Florida-based company bought Shepler’s in 2022 and Mackinac Island Ferry Company, which used to be known as Star Line, in 2024.
Star Line bought Arnold Transit Company in 2016, meaning ferry service has gone from three companies to just one in the last decade, which Nessel says has increased prices, diminished consumer choice, and reduced services.
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