Cotai Water Jet

Cotai Water Jet (Chinese: 金光飛航; Portuguese: jacto de água cotai) is a company that operates high-speed ferry services between the Special Administrative Regions of Macau and Hong Kong. It is one of the two companies operating high-speed ferry services between the two territories - the other one being TurboJET.

Cotai Water Jet
金光飛航

IATA ICAO Callsign 8C
Founded	2007
Commenced operations	2007
Hubs	Hong Kong International Airport (Skypier) Taipa Ferry Terminal
Fleet size	14
Destinations	1 (routes to/from Hong Kong International Airport only)
Parent company	Las Vegas Sands Corporation
Headquarters	Macau
Website	www.cotaiwaterjet.com

Cotai Water Jet
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	金光飛航
Simplified Chinese	金光飞航
Literal meaning	Golden Ray Jet
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīnguāng Fēiháng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gam1 gwong1 fei1 hong4
Portuguese name
Portuguese	jacto de água cotai
English name
English	Cotai Water Jet

The Taipa Ferry Terminal in Macau is used by this ferry route to enable easy access to The Venetian Macao in Cotai, although it is also chosen by some because of its proximity to Taipa, Cotai and Coloane in comparison to the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal (Terminal Marítimo) used by TurboJET on the Macau Peninsula. The Cotai Water Jet is a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands.

Cotai Water Jet has been assigned the two-letter airline code 8C by IATA, used for routes to/from Hong Kong International Airport only, where passengers must continue to other destinations (or vice versa) by air.

Current Routes

• Taipa Ferry Terminal, Macau ↔ Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal, Hong Kong[1]
• Taipa Ferry Terminal, Macau ↔ Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal, Hong Kong[2]
• Taipa Ferry Terminal, Macau ↔ Skypier, Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong[3]
• Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, Macau ↔ Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal, Hong Kong [4]

Fleet

Cotai Water Jet's fleet are built by Austal Shipyard of Australia.

Brand of Vessels

• Austal 48: 47.5m length, 70 (net) tonnes, 411/413/417 passengers catamaran.[5] Propelled by waterjets powered by quadruple MTU 16V 4000 M70 diesel engines, rated at 2320 kW each.[5] Cruising speed at 42 knots. Built by Austal Shipyard of Australia.[5]

List of Vessels

There are all together 14 vessels:

• THE GRAND CANAL SHOPPES
• THE VENETIAN
• THE COTAI STRIP EXPO
• SHOPPES COTAI CENTRAL
• COTAI CENTRAL
• SHOPPES FOUR SEASONS
• THE PLAZA
• COTAI STRIP COTAIARENA
• COTAI STRIP COTAIGOLD
• GOURMET DINING
• MARCO POLO
• ST. MARK
• CASTELLA SQUARE
• DI MODA SQUARE

Rented vessels (all returned in early 2009)

• Lian Shan Hu: 39.5m length, 338 passengers catamaran. Propelled by waterjets powered by twin MTU 16V 396 TE 74L diesel engines, rated at 1580 kW each. Maximum speed at 32 knots. Built by Austal Shipyard of Australia.
• Nan Gui: 40.1m length, 338 passengers catamaran. Propelled by waterjets powered by twin MTU 16V 396 TE 74L diesel engines, rated at 1825 kW each. Maximum speed at 32 knots. Built by Austal Shipyard of Australia.

Ticketing Offices

Ticket counter of Cotai Water Jet (operated by CKS) at Shun Tak Center, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

This is a list where passengers can buy tickets to Cotai Water Jet.[6]

Macau

The Venetian Macao

• Cotai Travel (Shop1028)
• Concierge Desk (Hotel Lobby, Level 1)
• Concierge Desk (Hotel West Lobby, Level 1)
• Cotai Ticketing™ North and South Box Offices (Cotai Arena™, Level 1)
• Customer service counter (Di Moda Street at The Grand Canal Shoppes)
• Cotai Ticketing Call Center (Macau: [phone] / Hong Kong: [phone])

Sands Macao

• Guest Services Counter, Ground Level

Sands Cotai Central

• CotaiTravel (Shop1030)
• Concierge Counter (Conrad Macao Lobby, Cotai Central)
• Concierge Counter (Holiday Inn Macao Lobby, Cotai Central)
• Concierge Desk (Sheraton Macao Hotel Main Lobby, Cotai Central)
• CotaiTicketing™ Box Office (Holiday Inn)
• CotaiTicketing™ Box Office (Sheraton Hotel)

Taipa Ferry Terminal

• Cotai Water Jet Ticketing Counter (Departure Hall)

Hong Kong

Sheung Wan

• Shop 305D Shun Tak Centre, 200 Connaught Road, Sheung Wan, HK

Tsim Sha Tsui

• Shop No.7, 1/F China Ferry Terminal, 33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

Hong Kong International Airport

• Transfer Area E2, Level 5, Hong Kong International Airport Passenger Terminal Building One

Accidents

• On 29 August 2009, a Cotai Water Jet bumped into a giant buoy and broke the catamaran windows with 1 injured.[7]
• On 4 September 2009, THE VENETIAN collided with a sampan at Zhuhai waters killing 1 person.[8]
• On 25 December 2009, COTAIGOLD collided with a Hong Kong fishing boat in Zhuhai waters near Lantau Island with 9 injured.[9] The left bow of the catamaran was crushed and repaired later.[9][10]

See also

• TurboJET

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2009-12-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-05-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-05-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. http://cotaijet.com.mo/en/images/new_route/poster.jpg%5B%5D
5. "Austal Website". Archived from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-04-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. Oriental Daily Article, Retrieved 18:31, 30 May 2010
8. China Daily Article, Retrieved 18:45, 30 May 2010 Archived 18 September 2008 at Archive.today
9. Macau Daily Times Article, Retrieved 19:20, 29 May 2010 Archived 9 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
10. Apple Daily Article, Retrieved 18:21, 30 May 2010

External links

• Official Website of Cotai Water Jet