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This Article is dedicated to the issue of determining the legal status of the sub-carrier and its responsibility. The Article deals with the interpretation of sub-carrier and how it is defined in different international conventions and focuses on the sub-carrier’s liability towards the carrier and the other parties to the contract. These issues are analyzed at national and international levels based on documents including, Hague and Hague-Visby Rules, Hamburg and Rotterdam Rules, and other international legal acts, also Merchant Shipping Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Civil Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Various cases related to the subject are also enclosed in this article.