Kerch Strait ferry line

Right side is Taman Peninsula, Russia (red dot represents Chushka Spit.)

The ferry ran across the narrowest part of the strait (about 5 kilometres (3 mi)) between Port Krym (harbour Crimea) by the city of Kerch and Port Kavkaz (harbour Caucasus) on the Chushka Spit, on the site of the former Kerch railway bridge.

[2] Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, it was administered by Russia and Ukraine through the joint venture “Crimea-Kuban Crossing”.

In 1998, this company was reorganized into a Ukrainian state-owned enterprise, "Kerch Strait ferry line".

[3] The 2018 opening of the road section of the new Crimean Bridge, crossing the strait about 10 km further south, greatly reduced demand for the ferry.