The 'Rotterdam Regulations' propose new international standards for maritime affreightment and shipping commodities by sea. Carriers and cargo owners are the primary targets of the regulations. Various provisions of the convention are supposed to be updated or amended in the area of maritime transportation, which attempts to broaden and modernize existing international rules as well as promote trade law uniformity. In accordance with the convention's wide and uniform legal framework, all parties to a door-to-door shipment contract, including international sea transport, are covered.