Port Kavkaz
Port Kavkaz 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 the toxic effects of the port.
The port is able to handle vessels up to in length, in breadth and with draft up to. It was the eastern terminal of the railroad and car Kerch Strait ferry line connecting Krasnodar Krai with Crimea. 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.
History
In August 2014 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a government order to enlarge the area of the port with the aim to increase cargo transportation volumes with the use of large ships. The borders of the port were changed to add a deep-water area south of the port of Taman for large ships to anchor. Plans included an additional 15–18 anchor places for loading large ships. The additional area is with depths of.File:NASA FIRMS 2024-05-31 Port Kavkaz.png|thumb|NASA's FIRMS detected fires on 31 May 2024 00:41 in Port Kavkaz
During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the end of May 2024 Ukrainian Neptune missiles struck an oil depot at the port, which stored oil products bound for Crimea. Two railway train ferries were damaged in May.
In a July attack the railway train ferry was damaged.
On 22 August 2024, a rail ferry carrying wagons of fuel was struck by a Ukrainian missile in Port Kavkaz. One source suggested a Neptune missile hit the ferry. Simultaneously the Kerch Bridge was closed due to a "missile threat".