Cotai Water Jet (; pt, jacto de água cotai) is a company that operates

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services between the

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and

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. It is one of the two companies operating high-speed ferry services between the two territories - the other one being

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. The Taipa Ferry Terminal in Macau is used by this ferry route to enable easy access to

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Cotai Cotai (; pt, Zona do Aterro de Cotai) is a piece of newly reclaimed land on top of Seac Pai Bay between Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau, that has made two independent islands become one island, since 2005. The word (a portmanteau of Coloan ...

, although it is also chosen by some because of its proximity to Taipa,

and Coloane in comparison to the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal (''Terminal Marítimo'') used by

on the

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. The Cotai Water Jet is a subsidiary of Las Vegas Sands. Cotai Water Jet has been assigned the two-letter airline code 8C by

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, used for routes to/from

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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 * Taipa Ferry Terminal, Macau ↔

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, Hong Kong * Taipa Ferry Terminal, Macau ↔

Skypier Skypier () is a cross-border ferry pier integrated within Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is operated by Hong Kong International Airport Ferry Terminal Services Limited, a joint-venture company betwe ...

, Chek Lap Kok,

* Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, Macau ↔ Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal, Hong Kong

Fleet

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

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Brand of vessels

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

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 (Sold, and shipped to

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, Korea in August 2022) * COTAI STRIP COTAIGOLD (Sold, and shipped to Busan, Korea in September 2022) * GOURMET DINING * MARCO POLO * ST. MARK * CASTELLA SQUARE (Sold, and shipped to

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in February 2022) * 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

. *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

Ticketing offices

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

Macau

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* 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: +853 2882 8818 / Hong Kong: +852 6333 6660)

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

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

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

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* 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

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and broke the

catamaran A Formula 16 beachable catamaran Powered catamaran passenger ferry at Salem, Massachusetts, United States A catamaran () (informally, a "cat") is a multi-hulled watercraft featuring two parallel hulls of equal size. It is a geometry-stab ...

windows with 1 injured. *On 4 September 2009, ''THE VENETIAN'' collided with a

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waters killing 1 person. *On 25 December 2009, ''COTAIGOLD'' collided with a

fishing boat in

waters near

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with 9 injured.Macau Daily Times Article, Retrieved 19:20, 29 May 2010
The left bow of the

was crushed and repaired later.Apple Daily Article, Retrieved 18:21, 30 May 2010
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References

External links

* {{Western Pearl River Delta transit Water transport in Hong Kong Water transport in Macau 2007 establishments in Macau