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High-speed craft

A fast vessel, usually a catamaran or hydrofoil, certified under the high-speed craft rules; most are passenger ferries. Voydar tracks 680 ships of this type by IMO number, 487 of them heard on AIS in the last 7 days.

Ship types explained

Largest high-speed craft by gross tonnage

Gross tonnage measures a ship's enclosed volume, not its weight. From the ship's registered particulars (Wikidata, EU MRV and other public sources).

ShipGTBuiltFlagLast AIS
EXPRESS 513,4482023DenmarkOct 3, 2026, 00:00 UTC
EXPRESS 412,4502018DenmarkOct 3, 2026, 00:07 UTC
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT12,2622021CyprusOct 2, 2026, 18:17 UTC
FJORD FSTR12,0002021DenmarkOct 2, 2026, 21:26 UTC
VOLCAN DE TAGORO10,8702019SpainOct 3, 2026, 00:23 UTC
EXPRESS 310,8422017DenmarkOct 3, 2026, 00:20 UTC
Tera Jet 210,8412007CyprusOct 3, 2026, 00:30 UTC
Tera Jet 310,7152008—not on AIS
Express 110,5042009DenmarkOct 2, 2026, 04:26 UTC
EXPRESS 210,5002013DenmarkOct 3, 2026, 00:16 UTC

Newest high-speed craft

By year built, from the ship's registered particulars.

ShipGTBuiltFlagLast AIS
Xin Ming Zhu XIII—2026Hong KongOct 2, 2026, 15:06 UTC
Xin Ming Zhu XI—2025Hong KongOct 2, 2026, 11:49 UTC
Xin Ming Zhu XII—2025Hong KongOct 3, 2026, 00:11 UTC
LAUNCHPAD5,5282024Marshall IslandsSep 24, 2026, 02:10 UTC
MAGIC 24682024CyprusOct 3, 2026, 00:23 UTC
Xin Ming Zhu XXX—2024Hong KongSep 30, 2026, 14:33 UTC
Xin Ming Zhu X—2024Hong KongOct 2, 2026, 22:29 UTC
XIN MING ZHU XVI—2024Hong KongOct 2, 2026, 23:59 UTC
EXPRESS 513,4482023DenmarkOct 3, 2026, 00:00 UTC
STHUQI5902023CanadaOct 2, 2026, 23:57 UTC

Flags

The flags high-speed craft in Voydar's records sail under most often.

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