Port of Taman

Port Taman
Interactive map of Port Taman
Location
CountryRussia
LocationTaman Peninsula
Coordinates45°07′30″N 36°41′00″E / 45.12500°N 36.68333°E / 45.12500; 36.68333
Details
Opened2009
Owned bySea/River Fleet Administration (government)
Type of HarborArtificial
Statistics
Website
https://taman-seaport.ru

The Port of Taman is a seaport on the Taman Peninsula in area of Cape Zhelezniy Rog, in the village of Volna, near the village of Taman in Temryuksky District of Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Overview

Business specialization - transshipment of goods for export. The port has terminals built and under construction for transshipment of the following cargoes: oil and oil products, liquefied petroleum gases, ammonia, grain, coal, fertilizers, iron ore, sulfur, steel products, and containerized cargo. In 2015, the port's cargo turnover amounted to 12.3 million tons (an increase of 20.8%), which raised it to 15th place among the ports of the Russian Federation.[1]

In 2016, the port used transport approaches common with the Crimean bridge, which allows transshipment of cargo both through the Taman Peninsula and through the Crimea.[2]

In 2016, depths on the approaches to the port were 20–25 meters. Vessels with a deadweight of up to 220,000 tons, length up to 300 m, width up to 50 m with a draft at berths up to 14 m and at a runway - up to 21 meters could enter the port.[3]

History and activities

As of June 2020, the seaport was still under construction,[4] but already open for international traffic. It was officially opened for the services provision by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation order of September 23, 2009 No.169.[5]

In 2025, the port shipped roughly 4.16 million metric tons of oil products.[6]

In 2026, during the Russo-Ukrainian war following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Port of Taman was attacked by Ukrainian aerial drones. On January 21, Ukrainian drones attacked oil infrastructure at the port and Tamanneftegaz.[6] On February 15, an attack damaged an oil storage tank, warehouse, and terminals in Volna. Two people were injured; over 100 people worked to extinguish multiple fires. Ukraine’s General Staff claimed the strike.[6][7] On July 30, Ukrainian forces struck the port area again. Russia’s Southern Transport Prosecutor’s Office and Kuban operational headquarters reported damage to port infrastructure, casualties, and a fire caused by UAV debris in the village of Volna (Temryuk District), where the petroleum products and dry cargo terminals are located. NASA FIRMS satellite data picked up fires at both the main port area and the Tamanneftegaz terminal.[8]

External images
image icon Seaport scheme
image icon Plan (2013)

References

  1. ↑ "Грузооборот портов Азово-Черноморского бассейна РФ по итогам 2015 года увеличился на 10,2% до 232,9 млн тонн" [Cargo turnover of the ports of the Azov-Black Sea basin of the Russian Federation increased by 10.2% to 232.9 million tons in 2015]. www.oilcapital.ru. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  2. ↑ "Presentation of the road approach to the Kerch bridge | Bridge over the Kerch Strait" (in Russian). kerch-most.ru. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  3. ↑ "Порт Тамань сможет принимать грузовые суда из Атлантики и Азии в 2018 году" [Port of Taman will be able to receive cargo ships from the Atlantic and Asia in 2018]. yugtimes.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  4. ↑ "В Тамани построят новый порт" [A new port will be built in Taman]. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
  5. ↑ "Правительство РФ открыло порт Тамань для иностранных судов" [The Russian government has opened the port of Taman for foreign ships]. Archived from the original on 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
  6. 1 2 3 Drones Strike Port of Taman, Fuel Tank Catches Fire
  7. ↑ Russia's Taman port damaged by Ukrainian drone strike
  8. ↑ Ukraine Attacked One Of The Largest Ports In Southern Russia, Charter97 Press
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