The maritime conference is defined loosely as an association of ship owners acting on the basis of agreements usually through an organized secretariat that serves a defined maritime route or group of routes under commonly defined conditions of maritime transport. New shipping accords determine not only tariffs, but also routes, delivery services, the types of agreements entered into, and transport capability. Maritime and land carriers and transporters, which until recently, handled the various stages of the transport process, found themselves in direct competition on either the entire transport route or part of it with multimodal carriers. The direction of the communal development of maritime shipping prompted the application of three fundamental regulations: freedom of negotiation; principles for maintaining the confidentiality of agreements the principles of limited freedom in coordinating activities.