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Port Krym (russian: Порт Крым, uk, Порт Крим, crh, Qırım Limanı - literally ''Port Crimea'') is a
port A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as H ...
in
Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a pop ...
. It is located on the western shore of
Kerch Strait The Kerch Strait, uk, Керченська протока, crh, Keriç boğazı, ady, Хы ТӀуалэ is a strait in Eastern Europe. It connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea in the west f ...
, in the north-eastern part of
Kerch Kerch ( uk, Керч; russian: Керчь, ; Old East Slavic: Кърчевъ; Ancient Greek: , ''Pantikápaion''; Medieval Greek: ''Bosporos''; crh, , ; tr, Kerç) is a city of regional significance on the Kerch Peninsula in the east of t ...
city near a settlement of Zhukivka. Next to the port is located the Krym railway station. Port Krym had the Kerch Strait ferry connection with
Port Kavkaz A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...
on the eastern (
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
n) shore of the strait.Янукович и Медведев решили строить керченский мост. е-Крым, 24 April 2010
The port is also a base for
pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ...
boats which guide navigation through the
Strait of Kerch The Kerch Strait, uk, Керченська протока, crh, Keriç boğazı, ady, Хы ТӀуалэ is a strait in Eastern Europe. It connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea in the west f ...
. The port is served by a fleet of three ships which were the property of the Ukrainian State Company "Kerch Ferry" as well as two more ships of the Russian company "ANShIP" which provides railroad ferry connection. Port Krym was a transition point on the E97 ( M17) where it terminated and resumed on the Russian coast at the
Port Kavkaz A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Ham ...
. The type of crossing was ferry, status - local. The types of transportation crossings were passenger and freight.


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Ukrmorrichflot State Administration website (archived)
Kerch Peninsula Krym Geography of Crimea Buildings and structures in Kerch 1954 establishments in Ukraine Russia–Ukraine border crossings Kerch Strait Ports of Crimea Sanctioned due to Russo-Ukrainian War Enterprises of Kerch {{port-stub