The port is in a basin at the upstream end of the shipping lock that passes through the dam.

[2] The duration of navigation is just 270 days a year due to ice in mid-December that generally thaws by mid-March.

It is also possible to store cargo, taking into account the movement of the warehouse.

The total area of open warehouses is 61.5 thousand м².

[2] The North Crimean Canal starts within the basin, near the port.