密歇根州总检察长起诉 Hoffmann 公司：指其垄断 Mackinac Island 渡轮与停车市场
密歇根州总检察长 Dana Nessel 11月12日在 Lansing 宣布，已对 Hoffmann 家族公司及关联实体提起反垄断诉讼，指其非法垄断前往 Mackinac Island 的客运渡轮市场，以及到达这一著名旅游目的地所必需的长期停车市场。诉状要求恢复竞争、保护消费者与本地商家，并请求法院下令采取包括拆分出售渡轮与停车资产在内的结构性救济。
诉状称，前往 Mackinac Island 的渡轮服务历史上由多家相互竞争的企业提供。Hoffmann 是一家总部在 Florida 的私募股权公司，2022年取得仅有的两家在营渡轮公司之一的控股权，2024年又收购另一家，从此控制了服务该岛的每一条客运渡轮线、每一座商业码头，以及 Mackinaw City 与 St. Ignace 大陆渡轮码头附近几乎全部长期停车资源，并通过其 Hoffmann Marine 部门运营。
总检察长办公室指控，Hoffmann 取得垄断地位后把渡轮票价抬到竞争价格之上、新增收费、取消岛上居民与工人依赖的折扣与通票、对原先免费的停车开始收费，并缩减部分渡轮服务与客户权益。诉讼在 Ingham 县第30巡回法院提起，指控包括垄断、非法限制贸易协议与不当得利；除结构性救济外，还要求追缴垄断利润、赔偿消费者多付的渡轮与停车费用并处民事罚款。
Nessel 在声明中说，Hoffmann 不是靠更好的服务或更低的价格赢得渡轮垄断，而是靠收购全部潜在对手买来的；当 Mackinac Island 市议会试图约束时，Hoffmann 曾威胁停止全部渡轮服务，等于拿全岛经济作人质。她表示，任何一家公司都不应在一个密歇根市场中握有如此大的权力。诉状还提到，Hoffmann 在 Mackinac 海峡地区拥有超过116块土地与51栋建筑，是当地最大地主，还拥有报道该岛的两家报纸、观光游船公司、造船厂与私人游艇码头。Mackinac Island 市市长 Margaret Doud 在随附声明中表示，每年有超过150万人前往该岛，其中许多是密歇根家庭，这从来不只是岛上的事。
（来源：密歇根州总检察长办公室）
Michigan AG Sues Hoffmann Companies Over Alleged Mackinac Island Ferry Monopoly
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced in Lansing on November 12 that she has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the Hoffmann Family of Companies and affiliated entities, alleging they unlawfully monopolized passenger ferry transportation to Mackinac Island and the long-term parking services essential to reaching the destination. The suit seeks to restore competition and asks the court for structural remedies, including potential divestiture of ferry and parking assets.
Ferry service to Mackinac Island was historically offered by multiple competing businesses. Hoffmann, a Florida-based private equity firm, acquired a controlling stake in one of only two active ferry lines in 2022 and the other in 2024, gaining control of every passenger ferry line and commercial dock serving the island and nearly all long-term parking near the mainland terminals in Mackinaw City and St. Ignace, operated through its Hoffmann Marine division.
The Attorney General alleges Hoffmann used that power to raise fares above competitive levels, impose new fees, eliminate discounts and passes relied on by island residents and workers, charge for previously free parking, and suspend some services and benefits. The lawsuit, filed in the 30th Circuit Court for Ingham County, alleges monopolization, unlawful agreements in restraint of trade and unjust enrichment, and also seeks disgorgement of monopoly profits, damages for overcharges and civil penalties.
Nessel said Hoffmann bought its monopoly by acquiring all of its potential rivals rather than earning it through better service or lower prices, and that when the Mackinac Island City Council tried to rein the company in, Hoffmann threatened to cease all ferry service. The release notes Hoffmann owns more than 116 parcels of land and 51 buildings in the Straits of Mackinac region, both newspapers covering the island, a sightseeing cruise company, a shipyard and a private yacht dock. Mackinac Island Mayor Margaret Doud said in an accompanying statement that more than 1.5 million people travel to the island each year.
(Source: Michigan Attorney General)
来源：密歇根州总检察长办公室
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图片来源：图：Mackinac Island Ferry Company 旗下的 Mackinac Express 号渡轮。GSM 资料图。 / Photo: The Mackinac Express ferry of the Mackinac Island Ferry Company. GSM archive photo.
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