Which ferry from China to South Korea is the cheapest?

Which ferry from China to South Korea is the cheapest?

7/24/2017 3:05:28 AM

The Weidong ferry from Qingdao to Incheon, IF it is still this price (488 CNY), it is indeed the cheapest that I know of and converts in US Dollars to $72.15
This is about (less than) half the price of airfare from Beijing to Seoul.

10/1/2015 7:05:43 AM

Two days ago I took the Weidong ferry from Qingdao to Incheon, while both the Lonely Planet book and the ferry company web site state 775 CNY as the cheapest fare (economy bed) plus 30 CNY port tax = 805 CNY, the actual ticket was just 458 + 30 = 488 CNY

ferry ticket

Both China and South Korea have National holidays soon, so I don’t think this was an off-season price.

One of the most interesting part of the sail was going through the locks into port of Incheon:

In the lock

9/9/2016 4:18:12 AM

I’ve been Googling this all day, regularly finding new ports and routes to plug into new searches. Not long after finding the route map that I added to the question I found a page with lots of details and prices. Ironically on a website named byferryfrom2japan.com.

Of all the options the cheapest, as of one year ago, seems to be:

Lianyungang >> Pyeongtaek
      dep.                         arr.
Lianyungang port    >>>>     Pyeongtaek port
15:00 Wednesday     >>>>     13:00 (the next day)
15:00 Sunday        >>>>     14:00 (the next day)

*    Vessel: C-K STAR（中韩之星）
*    operator: Yeonunhang Ferry (Korean) Lianyungang C-k Ferry (Chinese)
*    Charges & fees：Economy Class 94,000(KRW) 560(CNY)
                    First class 110,000(KRW) 650(CNY)
                    Business 130,000(KRW) 780(CNY)
                    Royal 155,000(KRW) 920(CNY)
                    Royal Suite class 220,000(KRW) 1,300(CNY)
                    VIP 330,000(KRW) 1,950(CNY)
                    Fuel Surcharge: 20,000(KRW)90(CNY)
                    Departure Tax: Pyeongtaek 3,200(KRW) Lianyungang 30(CNY).
*    Reservation: Contact with their office in Pyeongtaek
                    031-684-3100 (phone) 031-684-3118(fax), in Lianyungang
                    0518-8238-8189(phone) 0518-8238-8935(fax).

updated 25 Jan. 2013

That’s CNY 560 + 90 + 30 = 680. About USD $112.50 / EUR 82

1/14/2014 1:35:58 PM

There are multiple ferry companies so multiple rates.

You can take a look at Seat 61, which provide the listing.

There is Weidong which runs about 750 CNY for the economy ticket which runs from Qingdao and Jinchon Ferry, which runs from Tanggu. Unfortunately the latter is in Korean, but there is information on that from Travel China Guide which states 888 CNY for economy accomodation.

Additional Info Based on Updated Map

There is a site called By Ferry From 2 Japan, which lists all the ferrys from China to Korea mentioned on that Google Map including pricing.

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