discharge port

General questions regarding UCP 600
RobJ
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discharge port

Post by RobJ » Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:00 am

This clause is either typed on the face of the Bill at the same time as the rest of the details are completed, or, stamped on at a later stage. It does not form part of the pre-printed wording.
vobrien
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discharge port

Post by vobrien » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:00 am

UCP 600 20 a (ii) tells us that the bill of lading must ‘….indicate
Shipment from the port of loading to the port of discharge stated in the credit.

"due to increasing instability in the Port Harcourt/Onne area of Nigeria, the carrier hereby
reserves all rights to discharge and final delivery of the cargo to the nearest safe port or
place at the carriers sole discretion"

As it is clear from the last post that these words were added to the document by
the issuer at time of completing the data input to the document then in my mind
the issuer is putting clear notice on the document that the port of discharge
may well not be the port of discharge stated in the credit..

My decision would be that as a result the document does not comply.

Vin
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