Port Kavkaz

Port Kavkaz
Port Kavkaz in July 2014
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Native name	Порт Кавказ
Location
Country	Russia
Location	Temryuksky District, Krasnodar Krai
Coordinates	45°20′30″N 36°40′35″E / 45.34167°N 36.67639°E / 45.34167; 36.67639
UN/LOCODE	RUKZP[1]
Details
Type of harbour	Sea
Size	Medium
Statistics
Website Port Kavkaz

Port Kavkaz (Russian: Порт Кавказ) is a small harbour on the Chushka Spit in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, on the eastern side of Kerch Strait. It is adjacent to the village of Chushka, which is now largely deserted due to toxic effects of the port.

The port is able to handle vessels up to 130 metres (430 ft) in length, 14.5 metres (48 ft) in breadth and with draft up to 5 metres (16 ft).^[2] It was the eastern terminal of the railroad and car Kerch Strait ferry line connecting Krasnodar Krai with Crimea (the western terminal of the ferry line is Port Krym). It is served by a railway line and the Port Kavkaz railway station. The southern zone of the port has been under renovation to increase the port's throughput to 4 megatonnes (3,900,000 long tons; 4,400,000 short tons).