 Sea Smooth sailing atVictoria Harbour | |
| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | Transportation |
| Founded | February 1998 |
| Headquarters | Pier 4, New Reclamation, Central District , |
| Parent | Hong Kong & Kowloon Ferry Holdings Ltd. |
| Website | http://www.hkkf.com.hk/ |
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| Traditional Chinese | 港九小輪有限公司 | ||||||||
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Hong Kong & Kowloon Ferry Ltd (HKKF) is aferry service company inHong Kong. It was formed by a number ofshipping andshipbuilding firms, and was incorporated inHong Kong in February 1998.
HKKF currently provides 3 licensed scheduled passenger ferry routes to theOutlying Islands of the city. Other than regularferry services, HKKF offers services to parties such as government departments and theUS Army.
| Name | Type | Year Built | Seats | Speed (Knots) | COO Number | Notes |
| Sea Star | Double-decker ferry | 1981 | 348 | 15 | A3823 | Ex-Kun Yieh |
| Flying Flame | Mono-hull | 1988 | 178 | 25 | A4993 | Ex-Discovery Bay 17 |
| Sea Splendid | 180 | A5023 | Ex-Flying Swift /Discovery Bay 18 | |||
| Kun Tuo | Double-decker ferry | 1995 | 400 | 24 | A8913 | Owned by Cheoy Lee Shipyard |
| Sea Sprint | Catamaran | 1997 | 206 | A9683 | ||
| Sea Strike | 1999 | 201 | A9773 | |||
| Sea Spring | Double-decker ferry | 410 | 16 | A9803 | ||
| Sea Splash | A9783 | |||||
| Sea Supreme | Catamaran | 382 | 25 | A9853 | ||
| Sea Smart | 2000 | 205 | 24 | A9963 | Ex-Kun Lee | |
| Sea Success | 2003 | 389 | 27 | A10263 | Ex-Sea Smooth /Park Island 6 | |
| Sea Superior | 349 | 25 | A10283 | |||
| Sea Superb | 2010 | 429 | 28 | A139155 | ||
| Sea Serene | A139359 | |||||
| Sea Speed | 2012 | A140255 | ||||
| Sea Spirit | 417 | 30 | A140296 | |||
| Sea Summit | 2014 | A141677 | ||||
| Sea Shine | 30 | A141700 | ||||
| Sea Sparkle | 2019 | 403 | 25 | A143310 |
Currently HKKF operates 3 licensed ferry routes, linking theOutlying Islands ofPeng Chau andLamma Island toCentral, Hong Kong.
HKKF also provides services to the following parties:
On 1 October 2012 at approximately 8:20 pmHKT,Sea Smooth of HKKF crashed into aHongkong Electric-owned vesselLamma IV offLamma Island, causing the latter to sink. It was the deadliest maritime disaster in Hong Kong since 1971, with 38 killed and more than 100 injured.
