Cotai Water Jet (; ) is a company that operates high-speed ferry services between

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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 The Venetian Macao in

Cotai Cotai ( zh, t=路氹城, cy=Louhtáhm Sìhng; ) is a piece of land reclamation, reclaimed land on the top of the Seac Pai Bay between Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau that has connected two independent islands since 2005. The name, which is ...

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

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, Cotai, and

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in comparison to the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal (''Terminal Marítimo'') used by TurboJET on the Macau Peninsula. Cotai Water Jet is a subsidiary of

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. Cotai Water Jet has been assigned the two-letter airline code 8C by

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, used for routes to and 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 ↔ Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal, Hong Kong * Taipa Ferry Terminal, Macau ↔ Skypier,

Chek Lap Kok Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong's New Territories. Unlike the smaller Lam Chau, it was only partially leveled when it was assimilated via land reclamation into the island for the current Hong Kong International ...

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

Fleet

Cotai Water Jet's fleet are built by

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Shipyard of

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Brand of vessels

*Austal 48m: 47.5m length, 70 (net) tonnes, 411/413/417 passengers

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. Propelled by waterjets powered by quadruple MTU 16V 4000 M70

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, rated at 2320 kW each. Cruising speed at 42 knots. Built by Austal Shipyard of Australia.

List of vessels

There are all together 14 vessels: * ''THE LONDONER'' * ''THE VENETIAN'' * ''THE COTAI STRIP EXPO'' * ''SHOPPES COTAI CENTRAL'' * ''LONDONER GRAND'' * ''SHOPPES FOUR SEASONS'' * ''THE PLAZA'' * ''COTAI STRIP COTAIARENA'' (Sold and shipped to

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in August 2022) * ''COTAI STRIP COTAIGOLD'' (Shipped to Busan, South Korea in September 2022. Returned to Hong Kong in 2024) * ''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 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

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

Macau

The Venetian Macao

* Cotai Travel (Shop 1028) * 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)

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* 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,

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, 200

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, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

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* Shop 7, 1/F China Ferry Terminal, 33

Canton Road Canton Road (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 廣東道) is a List of streets and roads in Hong Kong, major road in Hong Kong, linking the former west Land reclamation in Hong Kong, reclamation shore in Tsim Sha Tsui, Jordan, Hong Kong ...

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

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waters killing 1 person. *On 25 December 2009, ''COTAI STRIP COTAIGOLD'' collided with a Hong Kong fishing boat in Zhuhai waters near

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with 9 injured.Macau Daily Times Article, Retrieved 19:20, 29 May 2010
The left bow of the catamaran was crushed and repaired later.Apple Daily Article, Retrieved 18:21, 30 May 2010
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References

External links

* {{Las Vegas Sands Corporation Ferry transport in Hong Kong Water transport in Macau 2007 establishments in Macau