Iako je vrijeme sve važniji faktor i u međunarodnom pomorskom prijevozu robe, odgovornost za zakašnjenje u ovoj grani transporta do sada nije bila regulirana na odgovarajući način. Usprkos nekim suprotnim mišljenjima, Haaška i Haaško-Visbyjska pravila ne odnose se na odgovornost vozara za zakašnjenje u prijevozu robe. Nacionalni
zakoni i klauzule u teretnicama u tom su pogledu vrlo raznoliki. Ova će materija biti jasnije uređena kad na snagu stupe Rotterdamska pravila jer ona ovu vrstu odgovornosti detaljno opisuju i reguliraju. Prema tim Pravilima do zakašnjenja može doći samo kad je vrijeme prijevoza bilo dogovoreno. Taj dogovor međutim ne mora biti izričit. Prijevoznik odgovara na temelju pretpostavljene krivnje, a iz točno opisanih razloga on se te odgovornosti može osloboditi. Kod reguliranja pitanja zakašnjenja u prijevozu robe i odgovornosti za njega između odredaba Pomorskog zakonika i Rotterdamskih
pravila postoji dosta podudarnost, ali i nekoliko razlika, na primjer u visini ograničenja te odgovornosti. Prema Pravilima ograničenje je dvije i pol vozarine za zakašnjelu robu. Prema Zakoniku pak visina prijevoznikove odgovornosti za zakašnjenje jednaka je onoj za štete na robi i iznosi 666,67 Posebnih prava vučenja po koletu ili jedinici
odnosno 2 Posebna prava vučenja po kilogramu zakašnjelog tereta. Odgovornost za zakašnjenje uvijek je dispozitivna, dakle stranke je mogu isključiti ali i pooštriti. Kad Rotterdamska pravila stupe na snagu, u području odgovornosti prijevoznika za zakašnjenje neće biti potrebno unositi nikakve izmjene u Pomorski zakonik.Although time is an increasingly important factor in the international maritime transport of goods, the responsibility for the delay in this transport mode has not been regulated in an appropriate manner. Despite some opposing views, the Hague and the Hague-Visby
Rules do not apply to the liability of the carrier for delay. National laws and clauses in the bills of lading vary considerably in this respect. The situation will be much clearer when the Rotterdam Rules come into force as they provide for an appropriate regulation of this
matter. Under these Rules, the delay in delivery can occur only when the time for delivery has been agreed. That agreement, however, does not have to be explicit. The carrier’s liability is based on presumed fault. In certain cases it can be relieved of this liability. There are some similarities in the way in which the Croatian Maritime Code and the Rotterdam Rules deal with the delay questions, but there are also some important differences, for example in the
limitation of liability. According to the Rules, the liability for delay is limited to two and onehalf times the freight payable on the goods delayed. The Code on the other hand provides for the same limitations of liability for delay as for the liability for damage to or the loss of the goods, i.e. 666.67 Special Drawing Rights per unit or package or 2 Special Drawing Rights per kilogram of delayed cargo. The responsibility for the delay is always dispositive and the
contracting parties are free to exclude it or to make it heavier. When the Rotterdam Rules enter into force it will not be necessary to introduce any changes to the Maritime Code in respect of the liability for delay
