QUESTION I need your help to comment on below: We have received (LC) documents under schedule indicating that this presentation is subject to URC 522. Documents to be released against payment. I would like to know the reason for sending documents for collection under URC 422 instead of sending them in accordance with advised LC. UCP is more suitable for …

QUESTION Hi Sir, Can 1st advising bank contact the beneficiary and negotiate documents directly even there is a 2nd advising bank indicated in the LC? Regards, dotcom ———– ANSWER Hi, Where the L/C is available with any bank by negotiation, the beneficiary may present the documents to any bank including the first advising bank for negotiation. Where the L/C is …

QUESTION Dear all, Is the payment clause that we shall pay only when we receive funds from issuing bank under original L/C, usual in transferred letters of credit and the banks are always using such structure of payment clause when transferring L/C or is it something which some banks are using but it is not proper? Thanks Snježana ———- ANSWER …

QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man Thank you for your passionate and willingness to answer us with so many questions. I find your posts extremely useful and valuable. I am quite new to letter of credit transactions and hope that you could enlighten my mind a little. I have question relating to transshipment in transport documents. I find that all transport …

QUESTION Dear Mr Nguyen, I hope all is well on your side. I have a query on L/C confirmation and was referred by some Vietnamese counterparts to you as you are the Trade Finance expert in Vietnam. I wanted to ask you if you have across partial confirmation for L/Cs. According to some colleagues, that have told me that according …

Yellow sand beach, Hai Van Pass QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, We appreciate your answer to the following case: At the request of the applicant, we issued an L/C fully secured by the applicant’s deposit account with our bank. The documents required for presentation including 3/3 original bills of lading made out to the order of our bank notify the …

QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, I have a question needing your help. We issued L/C No. xxx 123 in favour of Beneficiary B. The L/C was subject to UCP 600, but the documents were sent to us for collection. The covering schedule showed the following information: QUOTE We enclose the following documents for collection subject to the Uniform Rules for …

Mr. Old Man will get back here soon! QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, I am facing to a difficult case relating to bank guarantees subject to URDG 758. Please kindly give me your opinion. We have received two counter-guarantees (Counter-guarantee No. 1 and Counter-guarantee No. 2) from two different counter-guarantors instructing us to issue one bid guarantee for USD 1,000,000.00 …

A Co Tu ethnic woman in Tay Giang  – a mountainous district of Quang Nam, Vietnam QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, I have some stuff  about an LC case that really needs your advice as follows: My customer is an importer and the goods in this case is an acetylene-producing machine. My customer wants to ensure that they only make …

Hunting gold in Nevada QUESTION Hi Mr. Old Man, I am checking a bill of lading. The on board notation is signed and indicates as follows: Shipped on board Argo 26-Sep-2016 CMA CGM AND ANL AGENCIES (NZ) LTD As Agents for the Carrier The bill of lading is signed and  indicates as follows: Signed for the carrier ANL Singapore Pte Ltd …