OREANDA-NEWS.  January 18, 2012. Cargo traffic at the Port of Tuapse in 2011 grew by 4.3% year-on-year to 19.4 million tons, the Association of Commercial Seaports statistics said.

Port of Tuapse is located on the Black Sea’s North-East, Tuapse Bay, Krasnodar Territory. The Tuapse harbor is separated from seaway by the South pier, southwestern and western breakwaters. Tuapse ranks second, next to Novorossiysk, major Russia’s port based on the Black Sea that enables oil product exports from the country. In 2010, Tuapse Port handled 18.61 million tons of cargoes.