A high-speed craft (HSC) is a high speed water vessel for civilian use, also called a fastcraft or fast ferry. The first high-speed craft were often hydrofoils or hovercraft, but in the 1990s catamaran and even monohull designs have become popular. Most high-speed craft serve as passenger ferries, but the largest catamarans and monohulls also carry cars and even busses. Hulled designs are often powered by water jets. Vessel can refer to any of the following: Objects Vessel (French vaissel, from a rare Latin vascellum, diminuitive of vas, vase, or urn), a word of somewhat wide application for many objects, the meaning common to them being capacity to hold or contain something. ... The Jetfoil Toppi is a ferry which connects Yakushima, Tanegashima Island and Kagoshima port in Japan. ... BHC SR-N4 The worlds largest car and passenger carrying hovercraft A hovercraft, or air-cushion vehicle (ACV), is a vehicle or craft that can be supported by a cushion of air ejected downwards against a surface close below it, and can in principle travel over any relatively smooth... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ... It has been suggested that Catamaran History be merged into this article or section. ... A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another. ... The Pride of Rotterdam, One of the P&O Ferriess Flagships operating the Hull-Rotterdam Route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Categories: Marine propulsion | Stub ...

The design and safety of high-speed craft is regulated by the High Speed Craft Codes of 1994 and 2000, adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organisation. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Headquarters of the International Maritime Organisation in Lambeth, adjacent to the east end of Lambeth Bridge Headquarters building taken from the west side of the Thames Headquartered in London, U.K., the International Maritime Organization (IMO) promotes cooperation among governments and the shipping industry to improve maritime safety and to...

HSC classes

• Fincantieri MDV1200 Super SeaCat
• PacifiCat Series
• Auto Express 86 Class
• Passenger-Only Fast Ferry Class ferry
• Meteor (hydrofoil)
• High-speed Sea Service, Finnyards HSS 1500 and Westamarin HSS 900 operated by Stena Line

Fincantieri is an Italian shipbuilder. ... The SuperSeaCats are a series of high-speed craft (HSC) built by Fincantieri in Genoa for Sea Containers Ltd. ... Fast Cat ferries were operated from 1999 to 2000 by BC Ferries. ... The Passenger-Only Fast Ferry Class ferries were built by Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington for Washington State Ferries beginning in 1998. ... HSS 1500 Stena Explorer leaving Holyhead en route to Dún Laoghaire The High-speed Sea Service, or Stena HSS is the name commonly given to type of high-speed craft operated by the Stena Shipping Line. ... Aker Finnyards is a Finnish shipbuilding company. ... Westermoen Hydrofoil was a shipyard located in Mandal, Norway, who has specialized in high speed craft, and pioneered many designs. ... Stena Line is one of the worlds largest ferry operators, with ferry services around the UK and Scandinavia. ...

See also

• List of catamaran ferry routes

External links

• GREFCO-INDUSTRY A new fast vessels concept based on ground effect and on air cushion technique and the way to the coming transportation with Grefco-Industry.

• The Merchant Shipping (High Speed Craft) Regulations 2004