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The Battle of the Tiger's Mouth ( Chinese: 虎門之戰; Portuguese: Batalha da Boca do Tigre) was a series of engagements between a Portuguese flotilla stationed in Macau, and the Red Flag Fleet of the Chinese pirate Ching Shih, led by her second-in-command, Cheung Po Tsai - known to the Portuguese as Cam Pau Sai or Quan Apon Chay.
Macau is a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. It was leased to Portugal in 1557 as a trading post in exchange for a symbolic annual rent of 500 tael. Despite remaining under Chinese sovereignty and authority, the Portuguese came to consider and administer Macau as a de facto colony.
The Port of Macau is divided into four areas: The Interior Port (內港 - Porto Interior): Fairway is 45-55m wide and 3.5m deep. It includes the Inner Harbor Ferry Terminal. The Exterior Port (外港 - Porto Exterior): It contains the old Fishing Wharf and the Macau Ferry Terminal. Fairway is 120m wide and 4.5m deep [1]
The former Yutong pier was part of the Ponte 16 project. The no. 14 pier was demolished and the new terminal at no. 11A was built to replace it. In order to reduce high speed ferries' influence on the other harbour users, the Macau - Shekou and Macau - Jiangmen services were moved to Taipa Ferry Terminal from 24 September 2009 and 29 January 2010 respectively.
The class was based on the CMN Vigilante 400 CL54 design. The original plan for the class was to create 46 ships, although the navy shrunk their ambition shortly thereafter, settling on only 27 ships above 500 tons. [4] The first two Macaé class ships were built by INACE, following a 2006 contract. It was delivered in 2012, while the second ...
Macau (officially the Province of Macau from 1897 to 1976 and later the Autonomous Region [citation needed] of Macau from 1976 to 1999) was a Portuguese colony from the establishment of the first official Portuguese settlement of Macau in 1557 to its handover to China in 1999. It comprised the Municipality of Macau and the Municipality of Ilhas ...
Cotai Water Jet ( Chinese: 金光飛航; 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 .
It provides ferry services to Hong Kong. The terminal provides 12 berths for hydrofoils and 2 for ferries. The pier features a heliport, providing an alternative to TurboJET. The terminal building is a two-storey structure with arrivals on the lower level and departures on the upper level. On the outside is a helipad and 6 boat docks (facing ...