HONG KONG: A high-speed ferry traveling from Hong Kong to Macau collided with an “unidentified object” on Friday, injuring 87 people and raising new concerns over maritime safety a year after a ferry crash claimed 39 lives.

Last month the city marked the one-year anniversary of the fatal ferry collision off Lamma island, Hong Kong’s worst maritime disaster for over 40 years that sparked widespread shock in a city usually proud of its safety record.

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