This month, DCW unpacks the legal and practical shifts reshaping trade finance interpretation. Why are ICC Opinions becoming increasingly scarce?
Writing as a trade finance professional with a long background in the business, Dave Meynell offers his personal views on factors contributing to the sharp reduction in ICC Official Opinions issued over the past several years.
With the causation defence being increasingly engaged in misdelivery cases, there is a great deal for banks and shipowners to learn from The “Maersk Katalin” case.
Writing as a trade finance professional with a long background in the business, Dave Meynell offers his personal views on factors contributing to the sharp reduction in ICC Official Opinions issued over the past several years.
With the causation defence being increasingly engaged in misdelivery cases, there is a great deal for banks and shipowners to learn from The “Maersk Katalin” case.
URDG 758 Article 15(c) makes clear that the requirement stated in Article 15(a) always applies unless expressly excluded in the guarantee, but does ISDGP help or harm in explaining this provision?
Four years after the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) roll out of a “Code of Best Practices – Commodity Financing”
Most specialists in the trade finance industry are well aware of multiple court cases in recent years – many from Singapore
In a recent discussion, LC specialists were asked if they would be willing to issue a standby LC subject to
Five individuals attempting to convert letters of credit into USD 10 billion at a bank in Hong Kong on 10
A recent article from a Canadian perspective acknowledges that the Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA) faces increased pressure to identify
A high-level workshop for trade & supply chain finance and technology professionals was conducted on 20 February 2025 in Dubai
After some 169 years, India is on the cusp of having a new law for bills of lading.
When one LC specialist encountered delay after sending drafts and shipping documents to Mexico, the resounding suggestion from industry peers
On 5 March 2025, the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) based in The Netherlands announced launch of DCSA+, a new
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