Cotai Water Jet Explained

Airline:	Cotai Water Jet Chinese: 金光飛航
Iata:	8C
Hubs:	Hong Kong International Airport (Skypier) Taipa Ferry Terminal
Fleet Size:	14
Destinations:	1 (routes to/from Hong Kong International Airport only)
Parent:	Las Vegas Sands Corporation
Founded:	2007
Commenced:	2007
Headquarters:	Macau

Cotai Water Jet (; 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.

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. 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 and 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 48m: 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. Cruising speed at 42 knots. Built by Austal Shipyard of Australia.

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 Busan, South Korea in August 2022)
• COTAI STRIP COTAIGOLD (Sold and shipped to Busan, South Korea in September 2022)
• GOURMET DINING
• MARCO POLO
• ST. MARK
• CASTELLA SQUARE (Sold and shipped to Split, Croatia 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.^[6]

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: [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, Hong Kong

Tsim Sha Tsui

• Shop 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, COTAI STRIP 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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: COTAI STRIP® - COTAI Jet™ . 2009-12-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091212172159/http://cotaijet.com.mo/en/destinations/index.aspx . 2009-12-12 .
2. Web site: COTAI STRIP® - COTAI Jet™ . 2010-05-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100531030228/http://cotaijet.com.mo/en/destinations/cft.aspx . 2010-05-31 .
3. Web site: COTAI STRIP® - COTAI Jet™ . 2010-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100531025053/http://cotaijet.com.mo/en/destinations/hkia.aspx . 2010-05-31 . dead .
4. http://cotaijet.com.mo/en/images/new_route/poster.jpg{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
5. Web site: Austal Website . 2010-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101019162403/http://austal.com/index.cfm?objectid=0BC52FEE-65BF-EBC1-2E4E0B46D705927B . 2010-10-19 . dead .
6. Web site: Buy a Ticket | Macao Ferry | Official Site of Cotai Water Jet . 2014-04-25 . dead . https://archive.today/20140425033422/http://www.cotaiwaterjet.com/buy-ticket . 2014-04-25 .
7. http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20090830/00176_029.html Oriental Daily Article, Retrieved 18:31, 30 May 2010
8. http://www.cns.hk:89/ga/shwx/news/2008/09-04/1370905.shtml China Daily Article, Retrieved 18:45, 30 May 2010
9. http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/7328-Cotai-Jet-hits-fishing-boat-one-injured.html Macau Daily Times Article, Retrieved 19:20, 29 May 2010
10. http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20091226&sec_id=4104&art_id=13563816 Apple Daily Article, Retrieved 18:21, 30 May 2010