Cotai Jet

Cotai Jet
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	路氹金光大道－金光飛航
Transcriptions Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping lou tam gam gwong daai dou - gam gwong fei hong
Portuguese name
Portuguese	Cotai Chu Kong - Gestão de Serviços de Navegação, Limitada: Cotai Jet
English name
English	Cotai Chu Kong Shipping Management Services Company Limited: Cotai Jet

Cotai Jet

Type	Private company
Industry	Ferry services
Founded	2007
Headquarters	Hong Kong and Macau
Website	http://www.cotaijet.com.mo

Cotai Jet is a company that operates high-speed ferry services between the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau. It is one of the three companies operating high-speed ferry services between the two territories - the others being TurboJET, and New World First Ferry (Macau). The Taipa Temporary 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 Terminal Marítimo used by the other two operators on the Macau Peninsula.

Current Routes

• Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, Hong Kong ↔ Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal, Macau^[1]
• Hong Kong China Ferry Terminal, Hong Kong ↔ Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal, Macau^[2]
• Skypier, Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong ↔ Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal, Macau^[3]
• Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, Hong Kong ↔ Terminal Marítimo, Macau^[4]

Fleet

Cotai 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 cartamaran.^[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, 2007
• THE COTAI STRIP EXPO, 2007
• THE VENETIAN, 2007
• THE GONDOILER, 2008
• THE CIRQUE DU SOLEILR, 2008
• SAN LUCA, 2008 (ex-THE SHOPPES AT FOUR SEASONS)
• THE PLAZA, 2008
• COTAI STRIP COTAIGOLD, 2008
• COTAI STRIP COTAIARENA, 2008
• GOURMET DINING, 2008
• ST.MARK, 2009
• MARCO POLO, 2009
• CASTELLA SQUARE, 2009
• DI MODA SQUARE, 2009

Rented vessels (all returned in early 2009)

• Lian Shan Hu: 39.5m length, 338 passengers cartamaran. 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 cartamaran. 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 Booths

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

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

Macau

Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal

• Guest Services Counter, Ground Level

The Venetian Macao

• Cotai Strip Travel Limited, Level 1, West Entrance
• Concierge Desk, Hotel Lobby, Level 1
• Concierge Desk, Hotel West Lobby, Level 1
• Cotai Strip Cotai Ticketing North and South Box Offices, Cotai Strip Cotai Arena, Level 1
• Cirque Du Soleil Zaia Theater Level 1
• Customer Service Counter located at Di Moda Street at The Grand Canal Shoppes
• Cotai Ticketing Call Center

Sands Macao

• Guest Services Counter, Ground Level

Hong Kong

Sheung Wan

• G/F, Seaview Commercial Building, 24 Connaught Road
• Shop 305n, Shun Tak Centre, 200 Connaught Road

Tsim Sha Tsui

• Shop 1 -5 A, 1/F China Ferry Terminal, 33 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon

Jordan

• G/F, 3 Shanghai Street, Kowloon

Hong Kong International Airport

• Transfer Area E1, Level 5, Passenger Terminal Building 1

Accidents

• On 29 August 2009, a Cotai 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
• New World First Ferry
• Macao Dragon

References

1. ^ http://cotaijet.com.mo/en/destinations/index.aspx
2. ^ http://cotaijet.com.mo/en/destinations/cft.aspx
3. ^ http://cotaijet.com.mo/en/destinations/hkia.aspx
4. ^ http://cotaijet.com.mo/en/images/new_route/poster.jpg
5. ^ ^{a b c} Austal Website
6. ^ http://cotaijet.com.mo/en/tickets/index.aspx
7. ^ Oriental Daily Article, Retrieved 18:31, 30 May 2010
8. ^ China Daily Article, Retrieved 18:45, 30 May 2010
9. ^ ^{a b} Macau Daily Times Article, Retrieved 19:20, 29 May 2010
10. ^ Apple Daily Article, Retrieved 18:21, 30 May 2010

External links

• Official Website of Cotai Jet
• Official Page of Cotai Jet at Facebook