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.

The port uses transport approaches common with the Crimean bridge, which allows transshipment of cargo both through the Taman Peninsula and through the Crimea.

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[clarification needed] - up to 21 meters can enter the port.

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] The first part of the grain terminal with a capacity of 5 million tons in the port of Taman was opened in September 2011.