New CotaiJet Hong Kong-Macao ferry launched, then halted by legal dispute

Las Vegas Sands announced in early December that it had initiated its high-speed ferry service between Hong Kong's Macao Ferry Terminal at Shun Tak Centre and Macao's newly opened Taipa Temporary Ferry Terminal.

Later on the service was suspended due to legal wrangles for a week and a half later. The operators were forced to suspend their new, high profile, high-speed ferry service due to legal challenges to their right to operate the Macao government-granted concession. The first CotaiJet, dubbed 'The Grand Canal Shoppes', departed from Macao to complete her inaugural voyage to Hong Kong, where she docked at Hong Kong's Macao Ferry Terminal at Shun Tak Centre. The CotaiJet three-vessel service at launch featured 20 sailings per day, ten each from Hong Kong and Macao, with service beginning at 7:00 a.m. each day. Each custom-built catamaran has the capacity to carry more than 400 passengers and operate at top speeds of approximately 42 knots.
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