Rostov-Na-Donu, Russian Federation
Port · RURND · 47.19°, 39.68° · Mineral Products, Vegetable Products, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 0
- vessel calls / yr
- 3,153
About the port
The World Port Index lists Rostov-Na-Donu as a small river basin harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 2 m in the channel, 3 m at the anchorage and 3 m at the cargo pier, with a mean rise of tide of 4 m.
Entry can be restricted by ice and other conditions.
Repair facilities are rated limited, with a small drydock.
Rostov-Na-Donu is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 650 port calls at Rostov-Na-Donu from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 54 a month, 46% more than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 91%, tankers 8% and dry bulk carriers 2% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 37 thousand t imported and 727 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was May 2026 (130 calls) and the quietest Aug 2026 (18).
What is reported near this port
No warning in this archive has its reported position within 60 nm of Rostov-Na-Donu.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 18 calls, 1 thousand t in, 21 thousand t out
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- small river basin
- 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
- mean rise of tide
- 4 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- yes
- turning area
- yes
- pilotage
- advisable
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, mobile
- services
- medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- drydock
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 183 (Enroute) - North Coast of Russia
World Port Index entry Rostov-Na-Donu (No. 44070), 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 0.8%.
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.