The road up to Hai Van Pass, Vietnam. I rode along this road yesterday morning. QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, Appreciate your comment to the following: Sub-article 12b) of UCP 600: “By nominating a bank to accept a draft or incur a deferred payment undertaking…” I understand it intends to confirming bank only. Am I correct? Thanks in advance Shirki ——————– …

Sword Lake, Hanoi QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, We made a presentation to the issuing bank. However, the issuing bank refused due to a discrepancy on the invoice and is holding the documents. Can we replace the discrepant invoice with the corrected one? If yes, please provide us with ICC opinion. We are afraid the issuing bank will not accept …

Fishing early morning on Han River QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, Long time to see you ! Please help me to solve the problem relating to issuing date of B/L. The B/L presented without showing issuing date but mentioned clearly date of loading on board. Is it discrepant ? Please  note that the L/C not required showing date on shipping …

QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, Recently, we received a collection instruction directly from the drawer which instructed us deliver the document to drawee against payment. If we agree to handle this collection, it means that we are remitting bank, collection bank and presenting bank under URC 522. However, the drawer does not have an account at our bank so they request us remit …

The other side of Son Tra Peninsula QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, Today I am facing a difficult case that I need your expert opinion, please could you help me to solve the matter. A credit subjected to UCP/URR latest version. Among terms and conditions of the credit, there were: LC AVAILABLE WITH ANY BANK BY NEGOTIATION. REIMBURSING BANK: BANK R …

Early morning at Ha Long Bay  QUESTION Dear Mr. Nguyen, Gone through your site and was surprised to see the the L/C clarifications  you are providing in the field of Letter of credit to the New Learner  till  L/C Experts asking queries  from all over the world. Very few people we have in the Globe who wants to share their …

Ha Long Bay QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, I would like to ask your opinion on the following case: LC indicates the shipment schedule as follows: + 1st  shipment for 100.00 MTs between 10 September to 25 September, 2014 + 2nd shipment for 100.00 MTs between 10 October to 25 October, 2014 + 3rd shipment for 100.00 MTs between 10 November to 25 November, …

Early morning in Ha Long QUESTION Dear Mr. Old Man, I have 2 questions: 1) An insurance policy presented shows on the face the word “endorsement” and the assured party signed near this notation but not endorsed on the reverse. Is this ok? 2)  A bill of lading presented does not show description of goods but only related LC number. Is …

QUESTION Hi Mr. Old Man, B/L indicates as follows: Pre-carriage: Vessel A; Place of receipt: Santos Ocean vessel: Vessel A; Port of loading: Santos Port, Brazil Port of discharge: Haiphong Port, Vietnam; Place of delivery: Haiphong Port, Vietnam The B/L does not show any pre-printed wording “on board”, “shipped on board” or any on board notation (see the attached scanned …

On the biking road… QUESTION Dear Mr Old Man, I am Dang from Vietnam Prosperity bank. I know that you usually give valuable oppion for difficult cases from bank in Vietnam. Today, our bank faces with a difficult case and  I would like to seek your valuable idea: L/C required: Latest date of shipment: 10 Aug 20… Period for presentation: After …