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 …

QUESTION Hi Mr. Old Man, Could you please help me with the following case: We are the beneficiary of a confirmed L/C available with the confirming bank by deferred payment.  After shipment, we made a presentation to the confirming bank that refused to honour because one of the presented documents was discrepant. We could not replace the discrepant document with …

QUESTION Hey Mr. Old Man, Could you please help me in clarifying the answer of the following question: A credit is issued for the amount of USD15,000 and is stated to revolve monthly on an automatic and cumulative basis. The credit has a 9 months validity period. The following drawings are made in the first 5 months: January – USD12,500 …

QUESTION Hi Mr. Old Man, We have the following case relating to expired L/C. Our bank  sent  the issuing bank the documents under the L/C available with the issuing bank by acceptance. As the L/C expired, the issuing bank sent us a message informing that it treated the documents as a collection. Two weeks later, the issuing bank sent us …

QUESTION Hi Mr. Old Man, We issue a LC through Bank A (first advising bank) stating Bank B as second advising bank in field 57A. We now have RMA with Bank B. Our customer requests us to issue amendments and advise them directly to Bank B. We are going to send an authenticated message to Bank A to ask for the …

Dear Mr. Old Man, Good afternoon, today I have a short question about amount insured. According to para. K13, ISBP 745, “There is no requirement for insurance coverage to be calculated to more than two decimal places”.  So, if amount of cover calculated is USD 100,000.156789, the amount should be shown in the insurance document is USD 100,000.16 or only …

Hoi An Ancient City, Vietnam QUESTION Dear the excellent expert! Please guide us for the question relating to MT707- the field 34b contains the currency code and total amount of the documentary credit after the amendment, disregarding any drawings. Which should we understand ‘disregarding any drawings’? Whether does it exclude paid drawing (at sight) and accepted drawing (usance)? Could you …

Hai Van Pass, Da Nang, Vietnam QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, The covering schedule shows 3/3 original bills of lading but the issuing bank finds only 2 original bills of lading presented. Can the issuing bank raise the discrepancy “2 instead of 3 original bills of lading presented”? Can the presenter reject the discrepancy based on Article 35? Your prompt …

QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, You are so grateful when sharing your precious knowledge. Please kindly help us to clarify the presentation period of copies of transport documents. ISBP 745 notes that copies of transport not subject to 21 calendar days or any presentation period stated in the LC, unless the credit explicitly states the basis for determining such presentation …