Baku State University

Maritime transport as one of the most important modes of transport plays an important role in the implementation of international economic relations. Sea has been used for centuries in order to carry out various international trade relations, especially transportation activity. Despite the existence of other means of transport such as air, rail and land in modern time, sea transport preserves its significance. According to estimates, it captures the most widely used place for transportation in comparison with the other types of transport due to the features such as being cheaper, eco-friendly, having capacity to carry huge amount of goods and so on. In terms of the subject maritime transport can be divided into two forms: carriage of persons and carriage of cargoes. Today, carriage of goods by sea is particularly necessary as one of the most profitable areas. It is carried out in accordance with the contract of carriage of goods by sea between the parties. In addition to the completion of transportation of goods under this contract, there may also be a number of events such as destruction of cargo that make it impossible to perform the contract. Therefore, the determination of these issues has an importance in this article. Since the restoration of independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan maritime transport has achieved economic independence at the result of a number of changes carried out in the economic, technical, organizational and legal contents of the management of this area. The expansion of international relations carried out by Azerbaijan with foreign countries around the world has had a positive impact on the activities of maritime transport, as in other areas. Taking into account that the Republic of Azerbaijan participates in the international trade relations, also the process of transportation by sea, it can be said that the topic of this article takes a significant place both at national and international level.