The port headquarters were located in the Iosefin district, on the left bank of Bega, on the section between the Labor Bridge and the Gelu Walkway.
This connection facilitated the transport of agricultural products from Banat to Vienna via the Rhine, as well as the Adriatic coast.
Before World War II, the volume of goods transported on the Bega Canal was 250,000 tons/year, with a reduced fleet of ships and in conditions where the loading-unloading operations were done manually by the dockers, without mechanized means.
After World War II, navigation on the Bega was significantly reduced and, gradually, the transport of goods on the canal was abandoned.
[5] Water transport to Serbia resumed in 2023, with the first Serbian boats docked in Timișoara in September.