Over time it has been observed that the most efficient mode of transport is by water. Considering this, more and more goods are transported around the world by ship.  In 2020, the shipping conditions were affected due to pandemic situation and the actors involved in shipping activity like port administrations and port operators has to accept new regulations and traffic conditions in a short time. At international level were adopted new measures, both economic and operational. They have to adapt to new regulations and routes in order to ensure the goods transportation in proper conditions. In this paper we will present a comparative analysis between the level of the goods transported before the pandemic crises, considering 2019 as a reference year, and in time of the pandemic crisis, considering the management adaptability to new regulations and standards. We have tacked into consideration the legislation amendments, mobility and frontier changes, tariffs changes.

Acknowledgements: “The work of the first author is supported by the project ANTREPRENORDOC, in the framework of Human Resources Development Operational Programme 2014-2020, financed from the European Social Fund under the contract number 36355/23.05.2019 HRD OP /380/6/13 – SMIS Code: 123847. The work of the second author was carried out in the framework of the research project DREAM (Dynamics of the REsources and technological Advance in harvesting Marine renewable energy), supported by the Romanian Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding – UEFISCDI, grant number PN-III-P4-ID- PCE-2020-0008.”