Understanding Proposed New Articles in UCP 600

Disclaimer

The names of the parties, as well as the data and information in the cases stated below, have been sanitized in order to protect the identity of the parties involved.
Our expert's responses to queries do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICC or the ICC Commission on Banking Technique and Practice. No legal imputation should be attached to any of the contents of the cases and no legal responsibility is accepted for any errors, omissions or misleading statements or opinions caused by negligence or otherwise. Our expert's responses are given for your reference only and you should not rely upon or act on our responses, of which we are not held liable. You should consult your legal counsel or other experts for their opinions in your specific cases.
No query or response can be reproduced in whole or in part without our express written permission.

Dear Mr. Ma.
I'm now back to Toronto.
Many thanks for your continued support in joining the workshop by HKGCC.
Please find my responses amongst your original text in yellow block appearing here below:
Best regards,
T. O.

Dear Mr T O Lee,
I'm the student of the captioned course Yesterday (3 March 2006) in Hong Kong. It is very helpful to my understanding of DC. As I have something to do after the lesson, so I cannot raise the following questions to you after the class. Could you pls kindly enlighten me. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.
1.
During the class, you mentioned the words used, "May", "Should" & "Shall / Must". How about the word, "Will"? Does "Will" mean "Shall/Must" in UCP 600?
"Will" may and may not mean ...
Examples:
Article X "On Deck"
A clause on a transport document stating that the goods may be loaded on deck, ......A transport document must not indicate that the goods are or will loaded on deck. (Here, I think "will" means "shall".)
Again this depends on ...
Article X Charter Party B/L
b. A bank will not examine charter party contracts even if they are required to be presented by the terms of the credit.
Comment: Does "will" mean "must/ shall"? Or the bank can examine C/P if he wishes.
"Must not" is ... "will not". "Will not" means ...
2.
Article X Charter party B/L
iv. Can the load port be shown as a range of ports or a geographical area?
The discharge port may be shown as a range of ports in C/P B/L. Can I understand this is the only case (range of ports as discharge port) in charter party B/L, but not in the other transport documents?
The drafters of UCP 600, mostly bankers, do not ...
Tks & B.rgds
W.

(905) 237-6465

(905) 237-6867