Private company

Cotai Water Jet

Logo: Cotai Water Jet, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

Macau ferry operator

Cotai Water Jet (Chinese: 金光飛航; Portuguese: Jacto de Água Cotai) is a company that operates high-speed ferry services between 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.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2007Founded¹

HeadquartersHong Kong¹
Websitewww.cotaiwaterjet.com

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Products and brands

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. 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 LONDONER

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THE VENETIAN

THE COTAI STRIP EXPO

SHOPPES COTAI CENTRAL

LONDONER GRAND

SHOPPES FOUR SEASONS

THE PLAZA

COTAI STRIP COTAIARENA (Sold and shipped to Busan, South Korea in August 2022. Returned to Hong Kong in 2024)

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

GOURMET DINING

MARCO POLO (sold to Seajets in 2026. Awaiting delivery)

ST. MARK (sold to Seajets in 2026. Awaiting delivery)

CASTELLA SQUARE (Sold and shipped to Split, Croatia in February 2022. Returned to Hong Kong in 2024)

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.

From Wikipedia’s article on Cotai Water Jet, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁴

Controversies and legal

Accidents

On 29 August 2009, a Cotai Water Jet bumped into a giant buoy and broke the catamaran windows with 1 injured.

On 4 September 2009, THE VENETIAN collided with a sampan at Zhuhai waters killing 1 person.

On 25 December 2009, COTAI STRIP COTAIGOLD collided with a Hong Kong fishing boat in Zhuhai waters near Lantau Island with 9 injured. The left bow of the catamaran was crushed and repaired later.