Sea Port of Azov is situated 15 km away from the river Don’s mouth,
on its left bank and has a total area of 65.000 sq. m. - approximately 640 m wharf length and max.
depth of 4.5 m.
The depth of the Azov - Don channel is 3.6 m.
The Port has 16 mobile cranes, with cargo capacity varying from 5 to 27.5 tons. It has an open storage
area of 20.000 sq. m. and 1.000 sq. m. covered space.
Through the internal waterway of the
European part of Russia, Sea Port of Azov links to the Caspian, Baltic and Aegean seas
and through the Azov Sea and the Black Sea it is connected with the Mediterranean Sea.
The port has railway and road transport approach.
The port offers full stevedoring, shipping, forwarding, warehousing, and different intermodal
operations and provides full services to the fleet.
The port is open for ships under any nationality flag .It has customs,
port security, as well as veterinary and sanitary control.
The main types of export-import cargoes are:
metals, scrap metal included
timber
grain
chemical fertilisers, coal, mineral and building materials cargoes
food
containers ( 20 ft.)
The Port of Azov provides stevedoring, full shipping, forwarding and warehousing to the metal producing plants
of Magnitogorsk, Orsko-Hapilovsk, Nizhny-Tagilsk and Lipetsk.
Sea Port of Azov handles loading and discharging of vessels of
the "river-sea" type with cargo capacity of 5.000 tons and
vessels for internal river navigation made by the Volga-Don Shipping
Company and other river shipping companies of the European part of the Russian Federation.
The Port offers all-year-round navigation (during winter period with the help of icebreakers).
The Sea Port of Azov’s operators
are "Azovinflot" and "Azov-Trance-Service" agencies.
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