Resort town on the shores of the Azov Sea. The Sea of ​​Azov on the Russian side is rich in amazingly beautiful places. Yeysk city more details

Looking at the map, you can see that the Sea of ​​Azov from the Russian side is located in the southern part of the country and looks like a semi-enclosed area of ​​the Atlantic Ocean. This sea is considered one of the shallowest. The maximum depth is about 30 m, and on average this value ranges from 6-8 m. Despite the small area, only 40 thousand square meters. km, the sea washes the borders of two countries - Ukraine and Russia - and connects with the Black Sea.

Conditions for recreation

As for temperature indicators, the water warms up to an average of 25 degrees in summer. Considering the favorable climate, the fragrance of steppe grasses, and the beneficial properties of sea water containing about a hundred mineral springs, the resort towns of the Azov Sea (Russia) have become a favorite destination for hundreds of thousands of vacationers. On the Azov coast there are many children's camps, recreation centers, and sanatoriums designed to suit every taste and budget of guests. An important feature is that almost all boarding houses are located in close proximity to the beaches. However, for lovers of secluded relaxation, there are wild beaches where no one has even set foot.

The best Russian cities on the Azov coast

The Sea of ​​Azov on the Russian side boasts several cities that will compete with the most famous resort towns on the Black Sea coast. One of such cities can be called Taganrog. It is believed that this city is more of a port than a resort. However, its favorable location relative to Rostov provides convenient transport links with the European part of the country, and favorable weather conditions are attractive for vacationers. Due to the small number of tourists, the beaches are quite clean, and there is no need to wander around in pursuit of a free place in the sun. The infrastructure is developed at an average level, which defines the resort. But nevertheless, there is everything for a good rest: hotels, tourist centers, sanatoriums, water parks,

Resort Primorsko-Akhtarsk

For lovers of a relaxed holiday, the small resort town of Primorsko-Akhtarsk is ideal. The population is just over 30 thousand people. Such resorts in Azov are ideal for a budget holiday option. There are no expensive villas and residences, or five-star hotels. But the city will be happy to welcome vacationers in cozy inexpensive houses located in the private sector. Almost all of them are equipped for comfortable accommodation for holidaymakers. And some are even designed on an all-inclusive basis, thereby making the guests’ stay as comfortable as possible. In addition to swimming in the sea and relaxing on the beach, vacationers can enjoy walking along the embankments, going on attractions, and sitting in cozy cafes. And for those who like to fish, there are many special places from which they will return with a rich catch.

Resort town Yeysk

In 2006, the city of Yeysk officially received the status of a resort city of the Azov Sea. A significant impetus in the development of the resort city occurred in the early 2000s. Since then, Yeysk has maintained its position as a leader and annually welcomes more than 300 thousand vacationers from all over the country and neighboring countries. There is everything for complete relaxation and entertainment: a water park on the coast, an aquarium, a dolphinarium, and attractions designed for both young and adult visitors. The Taganrog embankment was built, which can rightfully be considered one of the most developed infrastructure of the resort, which puts it on a par with famous resort towns

Stanitsa Golubitskaya is waiting for its guests

The Azov Sea is attractive from the Russian side with the village of Golubitskaya, Temryuk region. The city itself is located quite far from the coast, but its nearby villages are a real resort paradise for tourists. Some of these can be called Peresyp, Volna, Kuchugury, Veselovka. Silence, interrupted by unobtrusive sounds of nature, birdsong, the sound of the sea surf - this is how these places can be characterized. In the villages, life seems to freeze, and a blissful peace sets in, which is so lacking for city people. And the Taman Peninsula, where many health centers are concentrated, is waiting for its guests to save them from illness and give them health for the whole year, until the next season. Fans of active recreation will not be bored for a minute; unforgettable experiences await them from boating, water skiing, and motorcycles. Recreation and entertainment at affordable prices is the main characteristic of Temryuk resort villages.

Thus, the Azov Sea on the Russian side can boast of worthy cities and towns that will gladly welcome everyone and give them an unforgettable vacation and a great mood.

Berdyansk port

The port is located on the coast of the Azov Sea.

It originates from a sea pier for merchant ships, founded in 1827.

Berdyansk sea trade port is the only maritime transport hub in the Zaporozhye region.

Today, mainly export cargo passes through the Berdyansk port. The largest cargo flow consists of scrap metal and metal products (wire, ingots, sheet metal, etc.). The main suppliers are metallurgical plants of Zaporozhye and Donetsk. Metal reloading is carried out using factory technology, which ensures the safety of the cargo and almost doubles the processing rate. A significant place is occupied by the transshipment of clay intended for porcelain production, coal and grain.

The total area of ​​the port is 274,816 square meters. m, including production - 168,160 sq. m.

All port berths have railway tracks and road access.

The port has 9 berths.

Since the spring of 2000, a specialized complex for reloading vegetable oil has been operating. Possibilities: up to 3-4 thousand tons per day according to the direct option.

The port has 5 receiving bunkers for unloading hoppers.

The port has a marine terminal. Available: passenger floating berth 200 m long;

passenger pier for yachts and pleasure boats. The port provides only local passenger transportation. However, it is capable of accepting passenger ships with a length of 170 m with a draft of 7.9 m

Mariupol port

The birth of the Mariupol port was a logical continuation of the rapid development of industry in the south of Russia in the second half of the 19th century. On September 2, 1889, 18 wagons loaded with coal were delivered to the port embankment. This date is considered the beginning of the operation of the port, which was of great importance for the country.

According to the volume of allocations in the period 1867-1904. The port of Mariupol, which did not have a military purpose, ranked third in Russia.

Today the port is one of the four leading ports in Ukraine. Its capacity allows it to process over 12 million tons of cargo per year. This is the largest and most equipped port of the Azov Sea, which is rightly called the sea gates of Donbass.

180 km from the port (by land) is Rostov, a large industrial city in Russia, located at the crossroads of many transport routes. Therefore, about 50% of all cargo is Russian. Through the Volga-Don Canal, the Mariinsky System and the White Sea-Baltic Canal, the port is connected to all regions of Russia gravitating towards the Volga, and has access to the Caspian, Baltic and White Seas.

The port area is 67.6 hectares. The length of the berth line is 3.2 km. The port's capacity allows it to process over 12 million tons of cargo per year. The port provides processing of bulk, bulk, general, heavy, oversized, liquid cargo, containers, and other cargo.

Heavy, oversized cargo is reloaded using floating cranes with a lifting capacity of 100 and 150 tons.

The port has a special range for receiving lighter carrier vessels, which allows them to be loaded and unloaded in the closed water area of ​​the port. The port transships fuel oil using the side-to-side option, ensuring the environmental safety of these operations.

Unloading and loading of refrigerated cargo, dangerous goods of the corresponding classes, and bulk fertilizers is carried out according to the direct option.

A specialized coal loading complex allows processing up to 5 million tons of coal per year. It is equipped with car dumpers, conveyor lines, unloading and loading machines, and car defrosters.

The new high-performance container terminal ensures high-speed handling of container ships and delivery of 20- and 40-foot containers on a door-to-door basis. The terminal's capacity is up to 50 thousand TEU per year.

A complex of international sea cargo and passenger services with an area of ​​2.1 hectares and a capacity of 130 people per voyage was put into operation.

The port has a car depot that allows long-distance and foreign transportation.

Regular cargo and passenger transportation has been organized to Turkey, Greece, and Israel.

Sea fishing ports of Ukraine

  • Ilyichevsk fishing port
  • · Mariupol fishing port

In January-May 2014, the volume of cargo handling in the seaports of the continental part of Ukraine (excluding Crimea) amounted to 57.889 million tons, which is 9.4% higher than in the same period last year, reports the press service of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration (USPA). State port operators handled 20.228 million tons (35% of the total volume), private ones - 37.661 million tons at all berths (65% of the total volume) or 20.180 million tons at the USPA berths, 35% of the total volume).

Processing of export cargo increased by 18% to 41.796 million tons, import cargo decreased by 12.4% to 5.896 million tons, transit cargo decreased by 0.4% to 9.995 million tons, coastal cargo decreased by 71.4% to 202 thousand tons Container handling at seaports amounted to 296,750 TEU, which is 2.6% less than in January-May 2013.

Ten out of thirteen seaports increased their cargo turnover. Particularly noticeable are the ports of Oktyabrsk (+43%), Izmailsky (+24.8%), Odessa (+14.6%), Mariupol (+9.4%). A very large percentage of growth (+398.5%) was shown by the Ust-Danube port, but the actual volumes at the port are insignificant. The cargo turnover of Skadovsky, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, and Reni ports has decreased.

IN first half a year 2015 of the year maritime ports countries processed on 2,3% more cargo, how behind January June 2014

The volume of cargo handling in the sea ports of Ukraine in January-June 2015 amounted to 71 million 354 thousand tons. According to the State Enterprise "Administration of Sea Ports of Ukraine", most of the cargo was processed by private port operators - 45 million 720 thousand tons or 64.1% of the total volume. Private port operators processed 21 million 613 thousand tons (30.3% of the total volume) through USPA berths. State port operators, part of the management structure of the Ministry of Infrastructure, processed 25 million 635 thousand tons (35.9% of the total volume).

Structure of cargo flows

Ukrainian seaports mainly handled cargo for export. As statistics show, their share in the total cargo turnover for January-June 2015 was 69%. In total, 49 million 201 thousand tons of export cargo were processed (a drop of 3.1% compared to 2014). The main cargoes exported from Ukraine are grain and ore, the processing of which increased by 13.1% and 28.8%, respectively. They account for more than half of the export flow.

The leaders in transshipment of grain cargo for export are: the port of Yuzhny (4 million 98 thousand tons, +16.9%), Nikolaev port (3 million 556 thousand tons, +33.7%), Odessa port (3 million 536 thousand). tons, +31.6%),

Ilyichevsk port (2 million 401 thousand tons, +18.9%).

The leaders in transshipment of export ore are: Yuzhny port (12 million 216 thousand tons, +23.8%), Izmail port (1 million 277 thousand tons, + 229.3%), Ilyichevsk port (1 million 100 thousand tons, + 544.6%).

Import and transit cargo were processed in almost equal shares at the ports. Import cargo processed was 34.6% more than in 2014 - 9 million 319 thousand tons. 82.6% of the total import cargo flow is accounted for by cargo such as coal, ore and cargo in containers. The leaders in the transshipment of imported coal is the port of Yuzhny - 2 million 384 thousand tons, in the transshipment of imported ore - the Nikolaev port, which processed 2 million 121 thousand tons, in the transshipment of containers - the Odessa port (980 thousand tons).

Transshipment of transit cargo decreased by 17.6%, to 9 million 741 thousand tons.

The main cargoes transiting through Ukraine, despite the reduction in their volumes, remain oil products, coal and ore.

The greatest growth was recorded in the cabotage cargo segment - 10 times, up to 3 million 94 thousand tons, of which 2 million 455 thousand tons are ore. The undisputed leader in the growth of coastal transshipment is the Berdyansk port, which increased its figures from 2.7 thousand tons to 965.9 thousand tons. This is mainly iron ore, which has never been handled at this port before. In the port of Mariupol, coastal transshipment increased from 17.3 thousand tons to 1 million 153 thousand tons, including 1 million 107 thousand tons of ore.

Such a rapid growth in coastal transshipment is the result of a reorientation of cargo flows. The conflict in Donbass led to the fact that the large industrial center of Mariupol, due to the destruction of the railway track during the fighting, found itself in a transport blockade. Metallurgists in the region began to experience difficulties with the delivery of raw materials iron road, there was a threat to stop the metallurgical plants. This led to the emergence of a new logistics route for the delivery of goods: by sea from Berdyansk to Mariupol. Sinter ore and iron ore concentrate began to be supplied to the plants in Mariupol by sea from Berdyansk.

Basic nomenclature of goods

In the total volume of cargo turnover of Ukrainian ports, 65.8% is accounted for by the transshipment of three types of cargo - ore, grain cargo and ferrous metals. In the first 6 months of 2015, there was a drop in volumes for almost all types of cargo. Moreover, the largest of them is in the transshipment of oil (-93.5%), food cargo (-65.4%), cars (-56.2%). The transshipment of cargoes included in the five main ones processed in the ports of Ukraine has decreased: black metals - by 16.1%, and coal - by 21.2%.

The overall growth of cargo traffic through Ukrainian ports was achieved due to timber cargo (+79.4%), ore (+39.8%), construction cargo (+20.8%) and grain cargo (+11.9%).

It should be noted that in the 2014-2015 marketing year, which officially ended on June 30 of this year, Ukraine exported a record amount of grain in the entire history of the state - 36.4 million tons, firmly taking its place in the top three leaders in world grain exports. From January to June 2015, 15 million 476 thousand tons of grain cargo were transshipped through the ports of Ukraine, of which 15 million 182 thousand tons were grain. 14 million 938 thousand tons of grain cargo were sent for export.

The leaders in the transshipment of the three main cargoes passing through Ukrainian ports are: the port of Yuzhny - in the transshipment of grain and grain cargo (4 million 98 thousand tons, +16.9%), as well as ore (13 million 402 thousand tons, + 19.5%). In transshipment of ferrous metals, the Odessa port is ahead (3 million 148 thousand tons, +44.5%).

Ports and stevedores

According to the results of the first half of 2015, of the 13 sea trade ports of Ukraine that provided data, 8 exceeded the same indicators in 2014. The largest growth is at the Berdyansk port - 144.5%. The Oktyabrsk NSR could not reach last year’s level; the lag is more serious at the Mariupol, Reniy, Skadov and Ust-Danube ports.

In terms of cargo turnover, as well as in absolute terms (in terms of growth volume), the port of Yuzhny is the leader, having increased transshipment by 2 million 257 thousand tons of cargo, to 24 million 257 thousand tons. Of the 14 port operators in Yuzhny, six increased cargo handling in the reporting period compared to the same period in 2014: Delta Wilmar SND - up to 259.9 thousand tons (+45.9%), TIS-Minudobreniya - up to 1 million 140 thousand tons (+27.4%), "Transinvestservice" - up to 8 million 965 thousand tons (+26.1%), SE MTP "Yuzhny" - up to 7 million 917 thousand tons (+5.1%) , "Borivazh" - up to 706.7 thousand tons (+4.9%), TIS-Zerno - up to 2 million 732 thousand tons (+2.4%).

The best results for the first six months of 2015 in the port of Yuzhny were achieved in the processing of ore and grain cargo.

The second place in terms of cargo turnover among Ukrainian ports is occupied by the Odessa port with a volume of 12 million 370 thousand tons (+3.5%). The cargo mix in the reporting period was dominated by grain cargo - 3 million 536 thousand tons (+30.9%) and ferrous metals - 3 million 148 thousand tons (+44.5%).

Among the stevedoring companies in the first half of 2015, the largest contribution was made by: Brooklyn - Kyiv - 3 million 48 thousand tons; "GPK Ukraine" - 1 million 796 thousand tons; "Metalzukrain" - 1 million 378 thousand tons; "Olympex Coupe" - 1 million 175 thousand tons.

In third place in terms of cargo turnover is the Nikolaev port (10 million 564 thousand tons, +9.1%). Most of all grain was processed at the port - 3 million 668 thousand tons (+36.4%), metal products - 2 million 206 thousand tons (+11.9), and ore - 2 million 206 thousand tons (+11. 9%).

Among the stevedoring companies in the port for cargo handling, the best are "Grintur-Ex" (1 million 439 thousand tons) and "Nikmetterminal" (811 thousand tons).

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Russia has access to the Sea of ​​Azov and has long established a holiday destination for the whole family on its coast. Here you can find recreation centers and boarding houses with all kinds of accommodation conditions.

The basics of relaxation on the Azov Sea

The Sea of ​​Azov is less deep than the Black Sea, so the water in it warms up much faster.

The beaches here are mostly sandy and surprisingly clean. This is due to the natural system of sand purification, when sea water floods the beaches in autumn and winter and thus washes the sand. The map of the Azov Sea is replete with resort towns and villages. The resorts of the Sea of ​​Azov in Russia offer a full range of services even for the most demanding clients.

Cities on the Azov Sea Russia

Stanitsa Golubitskaya- located on the Taman Peninsula. This is a very small village, but on its territory there are deciduous and fruit gardens, kilometers of vineyards. It is located not far from Krasnodar and Anapa. This is the place to be, as the beaches here are sandy and have small bays with a sea depth of up to half a meter, where it is very convenient for children to play. But the village is famous not only for its access to the Sea of ​​Azov, there is also a lake, its healing mud allows a person to get rid of many health problems at one time. Also here there are estuaries with indescribably beautiful lotuses. For entertainment, there is the largest Water Park on the coast of the Azov Sea, where you can spend the whole day with your children and not notice such a long time. There is also a dolphinarium, a windsurfing club and a paragliding center. You can stay here in boarding houses, the private sector and small houses on the beach itself.

Stanitsa Dolzhanskaya located on the Dolgovaya spit, not far from Yeisk. Dolzhanskaya is a natural reserve; there are no entertainment complexes on its territory. But here there is a pine forest, which, in combination with the sea coast, has an undeniable therapeutic effect. Accommodation here is in small houses on the coast and in the private sector.

The village of Kuchugury and Peresyp They are distinguished by wonderful sandy beaches and small and cozy seaside houses. Very close to them are the Lotus Valley and Blue Beam Lake; visiting them will diversify your leisure time.

Yeysk- the largest Russian city on the coast of the Azov Sea. Unlike villages, Yeysk can provide a variety of recreation for the whole family, including a variety of accommodation. These can be comfortable hotels, small boarding houses, etc. There is a full range of services and entertainment for adults and children.

Where to go to the sea. Resorts of the Azov Sea

 

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