Besides a few ferry routes between Qingdao and its surrounding islands, Huangdao (黄岛) and Xuejiadao(薛家岛), you can also go to Shanghai by the seasonal (summer) ferry. Besides these domestic routes, Qingdao’s Ferries also offer direct international service to Incheon, Korea (a major South Korean seaport near Seoul) and Shimonoseki, Japan (on the western tip of the main island of Honshu). The ferry to Incheon takes 19 hours and it’s a 28 hour journey from Qingdao to Shimonoseki.

 

Price: 7 RMB/person

Frequency: every 20 min.

First ferry: 6:30

Last ferry: 21:10

Cruise time: 40 min.

 

a. Common Ferry

Price: 10 RMB/person

Frequency: every 40 min.

First ferry: 6:40

Last ferry: 19:10

Cruise time: 40 min.

b.Speed Ferry

Price: 15 RMB/person

Frequency: every 30 min.

First ferry: 7:15

Last ferry: 17:15

Cruise time: 20 min.

 

Please refer to Qingdao Ferry Schedule for detailed schedule (in Chinese).

 

The operator, Weidong Ferry Co., Ltd., has a great website in English, Korean & of course, Chinese. Please refer to the site for details.

Price: JPY 15,000-60,000/person

Frequency: 3 voyages/week on Mon, Thu & Sat.

Cruise time: 27.5 hours

 

Bus: Route 8, 301, 304, 311, 312, 321.