There is NO ferry.

Magadan is at the end of probably the longest dead end road in the World.
These days there is no assured way out - except back.


Magadan is a remote commercial freight shipping port - almost exclusively on internal (Russian) shipping routes to/from Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Vanino and Vladivostock.
The main freight out is refrigerated containers of seafood from the various legal and illegal fish farms along the coast.

There are regular summer sailings (more than one a week) to Vlad.
You will have to personally visit the various shipping agents in Magadan at the time, to find out -

1. Has their own shipping line got a ship going soon.
2. Will they carry your bike.
3. Will they carry you as well.

Each shipping agent works with a separate shipping line and they know nothing of their competitors expected arrivals/sailings.

These are ocean going container ships, but they will often take bikes for a fee.
Bikes are generally craned into the hold - further fees to the dockside crane operators and ship crew for their assistance.

They do not carry passengers although the Captain (at his sole discretion) will often agree to take you - unofficially, but for another fee. Otherwise you will have to take an internal flight (mine was on a old Tupolev that frightened me more than the Vitim Bridge!)

Flying time is about 3 hours. Shipping time is generally between 7-14 days depending on routes/stops.
Being 'internal' there are no Customs problems but security at docks (particularly Vlad) is difficult to get through to ensure things happen. Our bikes were almost literally dumped behind the railway station from the back of a flatbed truck.

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