DU THÁM HẢI ĐĂNG CỔ TIÊN SA Vượt qua những con dốc ngán ngại từ 16 -27% là một thử thách quá khắc nghiệt nhưng cuối cùng anh em cũng đã đến được ngọn hải đăng cổ nằm ở phía bên kia bán đảo Sơn Trà hùng vĩ. Ngay đầu dốc dẫn xuống ngọn hải đăng có tấm bảng gỗ treo lủng lẳng trong gió đề mấy … Read More
“KOREAN – STYLE” CONFIRMED LETTERS OF CREDIT For your information about the practice of adding confirmation to L/Cs at KEB, please find attached below Mr. Old Man’s discussion with Thomas Soong from KEB. Hope it’s informative and useful. ——– Dear Huu Duc, At present, when we confirm an LC, we have a side agreement with the beneficiary to enable us to exercise recourse if payment is not … Read More
QUESTIONS REGARDING SIGNATURE, NUMBER OF ORIGINALS, GEOGRAPHICAL AREA . QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, Please help me with the following: 1) LC requires “Signed commercial invoice”, but the invoice presented is signed with a stamp bearing the name of the beneficiary, e.g., ABC Co., Ltd. Can the stamp be treated as a signature? 2) LC does not require insurance policy to indicate number of originals. 2.1 Is it acceptable … Read More
D/P COLLECTION QUESTION Sir, I want to know, if the documents on DP term are sent with clear instruction to release only against Payment. If the collecting bank has released all shipping documents along with endorsed in favor of consignee without collecting payment (good faith), what are the obligations and responsibilities of the collecting bank ? Can the remitting bank claim from … Read More
DOES ACCEPTING DISCREPANT DOCUMENTS MEAN THAT A BANK HAS TO ACCEPT SIMILAR DISCREPANCIES ON FUTURE DRAWINGS QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, We need your professional opinion on the following issue: LC issued by our bank stipulates goods are shipped in 2 shipments. The beneficiary effected the 1st shipment and presented the documents to our bank via Bank N for reimbursement. We checked and found the bill of lading to contain the discrepancy “shipped on board notation … Read More
AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE BENEFICIARY QUESTION Hi Mr. Old Man, We need your advice on the following issue: We issued an LC in favour of Beneficiary B. The applicant requests us to issue an amendment to change Beneficiary B into Beneficiary C. Can we issue such an amendment? Is the presentation made by the new beneficiary that complies with the LC deemed to be the … Read More
RIDICULOUS CLAUSES? QUESTION Dear Mr Old Man, Have a good day… Our customer asks us to add below special conditions in the credit: 1) Documents including BL dated prior to the issuance date of this credit are ACCEPTABLE. 2) Short form/black back BL NOT ACCEPTABLE. 3) Documents showing consignee as “TO ORDER’ and notify as “APPLICANT” are ACCEPTABLE. 4) Copy of documents … Read More
REASON FOR EXISTENCE OF SUB-ARTICLE 30 (C) QUESTION Please help me understand the reason for existence of Art.30 c of UCP 600. Is it applicable only when: 1. Credit prohibits partial shipment? 2. Quantity is stated in the credit and that quantity is shipped in full even when stated in quantities like Metric Tons etc? 3. Unit price if stated in the credit is unaltered in the … Read More
BẠN CÓ NGHIỆN ĐẠP XE ĐẠP? Vì sao đạp xe đạp lại khiến bạn vui? Bạn có nghiện đạp xe đạp? Sống để đạp xe hay đạp xe để sống? Bạn có thể sống và đạp xe nếu bạn thích, nhưng các nghiên cứu cho thấy bạn có thể đạp xe đạp nếu bạn muốn sống lâu hơn. ◙ Phải thú nhận một điều là mình … Read More