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China

44 crossings between 24 ports, run by 30 operators, serving 200 cities. The busiest city is Beijing with 505 destinations, and the busiest port is Shanghai with 13 crossings. 259 airports carry scheduled service, so most of this network can be left by air as well as by sea.

Cities

200 cities, each showing everything it reaches across every terminal and airport that serves it.

Beijing reaches 505 destinations
Shanghai reaches 478 destinations
Chengdu reaches 418 destinations
Guangzhou reaches 413 destinations
Shenzhen reaches 408 destinations
Chongqing reaches 350 destinations
Xianyang reaches 339 destinations
Zhengzhou reaches 276 destinations
Xiamen reaches 258 destinations
Hangzhou reaches 256 destinations
Ürümqi reaches 251 destinations
Qingdao reaches 245 destinations

Showing the 12 widest-reaching of 200. Every city →

The ports that matter

Ranked by how many crossings each carries. The first is 3.3× the second.

Shanghai crossings 13 crossings on record
Haikou crossings 4 crossings on record
Dalian crossings 4 crossings on record
Shenzhen crossings 4 crossings on record
Yantai crossings 3 crossings on record
Pingtan crossings 2 crossings on record
Lianyungang crossings 2 crossings on record
Tianjin crossings 2 crossings on record
Zhoushan crossings 2 crossings on record
Qingdao crossings 2 crossings on record
Tao crossings 2 crossings on record
Weihai crossings 2 crossings on record
Guangzhou crossings 2 crossings on record
Zhuhai crossings 2 crossings on record

Who runs the boats

30 operators appear in China crossings.

AIDA Cruises
Azamara Cruises
Bohai Ferry
Bohai Sea Passenger Ferry
Bohai Strait Passenger Line
China Ferry Group
China Railway Ferry
Chu Kong Passenger Transport
Costa Cruises
Cotai Water Jet
Dain Ferry
Dalian Port Ferry Company
Hainan Coastal Passenger Service
LYG Ferry
MSC Cruises
MSC Explora Journeys
Qingdao Ferry Company
Qiongzhou Strait Passenger Ferry
River Cruises
Royal Caribbean
Shanghai Ferry Company
Shanghai-Zhoushan Ferry
Shekou
Tianjin Ferries
TurboJET
TurboJet
Weidong Ferry
Weizhou Island Ferry Service
Yingkou Ferry
Zhoushan Archipelago Ferry

The longest and the shortest

9 of 44 crossings carry a time.

Longest held

Basel – Shanghai 384 h 00 River Cruises
Shanghai – Singapore 336 h 00 AIDA Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Shanghai – Yokohama 216 h 00 Royal Caribbean
Keelung – Shanghai 192 h 00 MSC Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Hong Kong – Shanghai 120 h 00 Azamara Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Shanghai – Tokyo 96 h 00 MSC Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Busan – Shanghai 72 h 00 Costa Cruises
Dalian – Incheon 14 h 30 Dain Ferry

Shortest held

Kowloon City Ferry Pier at San Ma Tau Street – Zhuhai 1 h 10 Chu Kong Passenger Transport, TurboJet
Dalian – Incheon 14 h 30 Dain Ferry
Busan – Shanghai 72 h 00 Costa Cruises
Shanghai – Tokyo 96 h 00 MSC Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Hong Kong – Shanghai 120 h 00 Azamara Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Keelung – Shanghai 192 h 00 MSC Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Shanghai – Yokohama 216 h 00 Royal Caribbean
Shanghai – Singapore 336 h 00 AIDA Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys

Every crossing we hold

All 44 of them, alphabetically, 25 at a time. Each has its own page.

Basel – Shanghai 384 h 00 River Cruises
Beihai – Haikou not held Qiongzhou Strait Passenger Ferry
Busan – Shanghai 72 h 00 Costa Cruises
Dalian – Incheon 14 h 30 Dain Ferry
Dalian – Tianjin not held Tianjin Ferries
Dalian – Weihai not held Bohai Sea Passenger Ferry
Dalian – Yantai not held Dalian Port Ferry Company
Dongguan – Kowloon City Ferry Pier at San Ma Tau Street not held Chu Kong Passenger Transport
Fangchenggang – Weizhou Island not held Weizhou Island Ferry Service
Guangzhou – Kowloon City Ferry Pier at San Ma Tau Street not held Chu Kong Passenger Transport
Guangzhou – Macau not held Chu Kong Passenger Transport
Haikou – Hai’an New Port not held China Ferry Group
Haikou – Sanya not held Hainan Coastal Passenger Service
Haikou – Xuwen not held China Railway Ferry
Hong Kong – Shanghai 120 h 00 Azamara Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys, Royal Caribbean
Hong Kong – Shenzhen not held Chu Kong Passenger Transport, TurboJet
Incheon – Lianyungang not held LYG Ferry
Incheon – Qingdao not held Qingdao Ferry Company
Incheon – Weihai not held Weidong Ferry
Incheon – Yingkou not held Yingkou Ferry
Jeju – Shanghai not held Costa Cruises
Jiangmen – Kowloon City Ferry Pier at San Ma Tau Street not held Chu Kong Passenger Transport
Keelung – Shanghai 192 h 00 MSC Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Kobe-Osaka – Shanghai not held Shanghai Ferry Company
Koh Samui (Nathon Pier) – Tao not held
Kowloon City Ferry Pier at San Ma Tau Street – Shenzhen not held TurboJET
Kowloon City Ferry Pier at San Ma Tau Street – Zhongshan not held Chu Kong Passenger Transport
Kowloon City Ferry Pier at San Ma Tau Street – Zhuhai 1 h 10 Chu Kong Passenger Transport, TurboJet
Lianyungang – Pyeongtaek not held
Lushun – Yantai not held Bohai Strait Passenger Line
Macau – Shenzhen not held Cotai Water Jet, TurboJET, TurboJet
Nagasaki – Shanghai not held Shanghai Ferry Company
Ningbo – Zhoushan not held Zhoushan Archipelago Ferry
Phangan – Tao not held
Pingtan – Taichung not held
Pingtan – Taipei not held
Qingdao – Shanghai not held Qingdao Ferry Company
Sasebo – Shanghai not held Costa Cruises
Shanghai – Singapore 336 h 00 AIDA Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Shanghai – Tokyo 96 h 00 MSC Cruises, MSC Explora Journeys
Shanghai – Yokohama 216 h 00 Royal Caribbean
Shanghai – Zhoushan not held Shanghai-Zhoushan Ferry
Shenzhen – Zhuhai not held Shekou
Tianjin – Yantai not held Bohai Ferry

Which months these run

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for China ferry crossings were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.