Azov, Russian Federation
Port · RUAZO · 47.12°, 39.38°
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 1,555
About the port
The World Port Index lists Azov as a very small river natural harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 2 m in the channel, 3 m at the anchorage and 3 m at the cargo pier.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
PortWatch estimates 324 port calls at Azov from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 27 a month, 4% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 97%, tankers 2% and dry bulk carriers 1% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 25 thousand t imported and 444 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (66 calls) and the quietest Aug 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Azov, the earliest issued in 2010; the most common types are other (2) and surveys (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Azov is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 0 calls, 0 t in, 0 t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- very small river natural
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Sea of Azov; Black Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III
- depths
- channel 2 m · anchorage 3 m · cargo pier 3 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- no
- sailing directions
- Admiralty Sailing Directions - NP24 - Black Sea and Sea of Azov Pilot (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office)
World Port Index entry Azov (No. 44080), matched by UN/LOCODE. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of Russian Federation's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 0.3%, exports 0.4%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.