Taganrog, Russian Federation
Port · RUTAG · 47.20°, 38.95° · Mineral Products, Machinery & Electrical Equipment, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 3
- vessel calls / yr
- 431
About the port
The World Port Index lists Taganrog as a very small coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 3 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.
Taganrog is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 86 port calls at Taganrog from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 7 a month, 44% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 71%, tankers 28% and dry bulk carriers 1% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 1 thousand t imported and 347 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (15 calls) and the quietest Jul 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
3 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Taganrog, 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 Taganrog 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 coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Sea of Azov; Black Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III
- depths
- channel 3 m · anchorage 3 m · cargo pier 3 m
- entrance restricted by
- ice, other; not swell, tide
- overhead limits
- no
- pilotage
- advisable, compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage, wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating
- services
- longshore labour, medical; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- deck stores, engine stores, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Admiralty Sailing Directions - NP24 - Black Sea and Sea of Azov Pilot (United Kingdom Hydrographic Office)
World Port Index entry Taganrog (No. 44060), 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 0.1%, exports 0.2%.
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.