Taganrog port, founded by Peter I as a military harbor, is one of the oldest established seaports in the South of Russia. It is situated on the Northern shore of the Gulf of Taganrog, 10 miles to the West from the Delta of Don. It is an up-to-date port, technically well-equipped, with berths, railroad lines and storage areas. It also has good technical facilities for handling a wide range of general and bulk cargoes. The Port area is protected by piers and breakwaters. The passage of ships to the harbor runs along a canal. Navigation is feasible all year round, except during 30-90 days of ice conditions where only ships with anti-ice skin can proceed, along with being escorted by an ice-breaker. In 1991, the Port was open to foreign ships. At present, its cargo-handling capacity is nearly two million tons per year, after some reconstruction works it will be about five million tons per year.

One of the most important investment projects dealing with the development of local transport infrastructure is modernization of the present port and construction of a new one. To implement the project, an open joint-stock company "International Sea Trading Port Taganrog - Petrovsky" was established by major enterprises in the Rostov region. Main technical and economic indices of the project are estimated when annual turnover of the port is ten mn tons and warehouse complex - 500 thousand tn.