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
PARTIAL SHIPMENTS UNDER SUB-ARTICLE 31 (B) QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, LC does not allow partial shipments. Documents were presented to the issuing bank in two separate covering schedules. The first set reached the issuing bank’s counter on 5 October, 2015 and the second set on 8 October, 2015. However, the bills of lading in the two sets showed goods were shipped on the same vessel … Read More
WHERE 1/3 ORIGINAL BILL OF LADING IS SENT TO THE ISSUING BANK QUESTION Mr. Old Man, We are exporting some goods to Nigeria. Importer Bank is First Bank of Nigeria, confirming bank is Standard Chartered Bank, Mumbai and advising bank is State Bank of India, Nagpur, India. In our LC there is a clause, wherein through our advising bank, we have to submit 2/3 original Shipped on Board OCEAN BILL OF LADING … Read More
INSURANCE COVERED BY THE BENEFICIARY; CERTIFICATE IS TO BE SIGNED QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, We will appreciate your prompt answer to the following questions: Question 1: – LC stipulates: Insurance covered by the beneficiary. Insurance certificate in assignable form and blank endorsed covering all risks for 110pct of invoice value showing claim payable by settling Agent with full address in Vietnam in invoice currency in full set. – Presented Insurance … Read More
WHETHER THE ISSUING BANK MUST HONOUR WITHIN FIVE BANKING DAYS QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, We have known you through your enthusiastic and expert answer for problem relate to L/C and we really admire your specialist knowledge. Now, I still have had a question and I hope you help me clarify it: “Which is the last day the issuing bank must honour a complying document presented under at sight L/C and not break UCP … Read More
OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES OF A TRANSFERRING BANK UNDER A TRANSFERRED LC QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, I’m trying to find a clause in UCP 600 or any related source showing that in transferable LC, transferring bank only settle the payment claim to second beneficiary upon their receipt of settlement from issuing bank. Could you give me advice for this case. Why don’t ICC translate the case to UCP? I urge you … Read More
WHERE INVOICE INDICATES GOODS NOT CALLED FOR IN THE LC QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, I have the following case: The beneficiary presented the documents including invoice to our bank for negotiation. In addition to the goods required in the LC, the invoice also indicates additional goods and unit price with a note “no commercial values”, and the total invoice amount does not include the value of these additional goods. … Read More
WHERE ORIGINAL BILLS OF LADING ARE LOST IN TRANSIT WHERE ORIGINAL BILLS OF LADING ARE LOST IN TRANSIT QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man! We need your advice regarding documents (including original bills of lading made out to the order of our bank) lost in transit. Our bank issued LC in favor of the beneficiary in Indonesia. As the goods arrived at the port of discharge before the documents, our … Read More
WHERE ORIGINAL BILLS OF LADING ARE LOST IN TRANSIT QUESTION WHERE ORIGINAL BILLS OF LADING ARE LOST IN TRANSIT QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man! We need your advice regarding documents (including original bills of lading made out to the order of our bank) lost in transit. Our bank issued LC in favor of the beneficiary in Indonesia. As the goods arrived at the port of discharge before the documents, … Read More
WHERE LC CONTAINS THE CLAUSE “NO THIRD PARTY DOCUMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED” QUESTION Mr. Old Man, It will be helpful if you could help me out regarding Transferable LC. I have got Transferable LC with Clause that ” No Third Party Documents will be accepted” and Buyer’ s bank has refused to amend this detail. But the B/L and Certificate of Origin and all will have third party as exporter. Please can … Read More