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South China Morning Post
18-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong-Macau ferry services to be disrupted again on Monday after accident
Ferry services between Hong Kong and Macau will be disrupted for a second straight day after a catamaran hit a pier over the weekend, with the vessel awaiting repairs. TurboJet, which operates the ferries, said on Sunday that a small number of services would be 'adjusted' on Monday as authorities needed to check the damaged vessel and approve it to set sail for repairs at another location. 'The company will hasten the repair progress and endeavour to arrange vessels to substitute affected services in the meantime,' TurboJet wrote on its social media page. It did not say which services would be affected. A Post check of TurboJet's booking website for sailings to Macau's Outer Harbour on Monday found no cancellations. But the option to buy tickets for a 10.15am ferry from Sheung Wan to Taipa in Macau was unavailable. TurboJet began cancelling services after one of its catamarans hit a pier at the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal shortly after 3.30pm on Saturday. The Macau-bound ferry had returned to the city dock due to 'mechanical failure'.
South China Morning Post
17-05-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
High-speed ferry with 300 aboard hits pier in Hong Kong, no injuries reported
Some 300 passengers and crew members on board a high-speed ferry escaped injury after the vessel hit the pier in Sheung Wan as it was about to set off on the voyage from Hong Kong to Macau on Saturday, police said. The incident took place shortly after 3.30pm at the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal in Sheung Wan. It involved a TurboJet high-speed ferry Universal MK 2005. Images circulating online showed that the bow of the vessel was slightly damaged and subsequently covered with a large cloth. 'A passenger on board called police and said the ferry hit the pier when it was just about to set sail to Macau,' a police spokesman said. 'Initial information [we received] is that there were 289 passengers and crew members on board, and there was no report of injury,' the spokesman added. The Fire Services Department also deployed three ambulances to stand by.
