The paper analyzes in detail the international and national regulations for the transportation of goods by sea. By contract of carriage of goods by sea, the carrier undertakes to translate the goods by boat, and the contractor is obliged to pay the fare. At international level, transport of goods is regulated by several international conventions. The first convention is the Hague Rules of 1924, which were amended and supplemented by two 1968 and 1979 Protocols. On two occasions, the regulations on the carriage of goods by sea have been attempted to modernize by the adoption of new conventions, such as the 1978 Hamburg Regulations and the Rotterdam Rules of 2009. Hamburg rules have not been widely applied, and the Rotterdam rules have not yet come into force. At national level, transport of goods is regulated by the Maritime Code of 2004, which relies on solutions from the Hague Rules, together with protocols that amend and supplement them. Issues of the distribution of rights and obligations between the parties, transport documents and liability of the carrier for damage to things and delays are the most important issues that are dealt with in all regulations.