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• UPDATE 2-Argentine grain sales strike may slow much-needed corn exports Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 11:48 AM ET

  *Grains truck inflow to Argentine ports falls dramatically. BUENOS AIRES, June 17- The number of grain trucks entering Argentina's main shipping hub of Rosario dropped sharply on Monday as farmers protested government policies by refusing to sell recently harvested corn and soybeans. Argentina is the world's No. 3 exporter of both crops at a time of high demand.

• UPDATE 1-Argentine farm sales strike may curb much-needed corn exports Monday, 17 Jun 2013 | 10:34 AM ET

  BUENOS AIRES, June 17- The flow of grain trucks entering Argentina's main shipping hub of Rosario fell sharply on Monday as farmers protested government policies by refusing to sell recently harvested corn and soybeans. Argentina is the world's No. 3 exporter of both crops at a time of high demand.

• Maersk unveils world's biggest ship in weak freight market Friday, 14 Jun 2013 | 10:03 AM ET

  OKPO, South Korea, June 14- Denmark's Maersk Line unveiled the world's biggest container ship on Friday, hoping a new fleet of super-size vessels will deliver savings and return it to profit an industry battered by overcapacity, weak economies and cut-throat competition.

• INSIGHT-Murder trial of Italian marines in India navigates murky waters Sunday, 9 Jun 2013 | 5:00 PM ET

  *Two marines await trial in New Delhi, charged with killing two Indian fishermen in Feb 2012. NEW DELHI/ KANYAKUMARI, June 10- The thud of bullets smacking into his wooden fishing boat jolted captain John Freddy out of his afternoon nap. The marines, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, are awaiting trial in New Delhi on charges of murder.

• UPDATE 2-New truck rules spur massive backup at Brazil's Santos port Tuesday, 28 May 2013 | 5:31 PM ET

  SANTOS, Brazil, May 28- A new ordinance that prohibits trucks from parking at Brazil's main Santos port at night caused what may be the worst traffic jam of a busy season on Tuesday, slowing delivery of the country's record soybean crop.

• Money from China? Then "Made in China", shipowners told Tuesday, 28 May 2013 | 4:59 PM ET

  SINGAPORE, May 29- Chinese banks have sharply increased loans to global shipowners as European lenders retreat from the market but some are driving a hard bargain: the finance often comes with the condition that vessels be built in China.

• UPDATE 1-Brazil's Santos port backup blamed on new truck rules Tuesday, 28 May 2013 | 3:11 PM ET

  SANTOS, Brazil, May 28- A new ordinance that prohibits trucks from parking at Brazil's main Santos port at night caused what may be the worst traffic jam of a busy season on Tuesday, slowing delivery of the country's record soybean crop.

• UPDATE 2-CP Rail says 575 barrels of oil spilled in Saskatchewan Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 6:07 PM ET

  CALGARY, Alberta, May 21- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said that five tankers containing oil derailed on Tuesday morning near Jansen, Saskatchewan, and one of the cars spilled 575 barrels of crude, the largest of three spills for the company in two months.

• UPDATE 1-CP Rail says oil leaking after tankers derail in Saskatchewan Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 12:06 PM ET

  CALGARY, Alberta, May 21- Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said five tankers containing oil derailed on Tuesday morning near Jansen, Saskatchewan, and one of the cars is leaking crude, the third spill for the company in two months.

• FEATURE-Seaport battle looms as Israel plans new competition Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 8:22 AM ET

  *Unions oppose private piers at Ashdod, Haifa. *Israel's smallest port privatised in February. TEL AVIV, May 16- Israel is betting its economic future on high-tech exports but faces a low-tech bottleneck in state-owned seaports subject to work stoppages and slowdowns because of the enormous strength of their unions.

• Angola LNG fire mars latest start-up attempt Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 12:18 PM ET

  *Fire on April 15 caused by high-voltage cable. LONDON/ NEW YORK, May 15- Angola's hopes of becoming this year's only major new liquefied natural gas supplier suffered another setback in April after fire occurred at its plant just hours before production was to begin.

• Iran routes oil via Indonesia to keep up exports Thursday, 9 May 2013 | 7:33 AM ET

  *Batam Island route follows use of Labuan, Malaysia. LONDON, May 9- Iran is using an Indonesian port in a strategy to keep up sales to buyers in Asia in the teeth of Western sanctions, according to shipping data and industry sources.

• Iran faces fresh trade heat as more shipping firms exit Tuesday, 7 May 2013 | 8:03 AM ET

  *Iran reliant on shipping for many imports. Feeder services, which transport ship containers to Iran especially from larger ports in the United Arab Emirates, are also used.

• Giant gas rigs set platform for protests Monday, 6 May 2013 | 4:59 PM ET

  PERTH, May 7- Grappling with soaring costs tied to constructing onshore gas plants, a growing number of energy firms are pledging tens of billions of dollars to build the world's biggest floating structures to exploit offshore gas fields.

• COLUMN-Jones Act is set to stay: Kemp Thursday, 2 May 2013 | 9:43 AM ET

  The law generally requires that the maritime transport of cargo between points in the United States be carried by U.S.-flagged vessels that are at least 75 percent owned and crewed by U.S. citizens, with U.S. officers and built in U.S. shipyards.

• ANALYSIS-Texas oil sails to Canada, refiners fume over tanker law Wednesday, 1 May 2013 | 12:59 AM ET

  *More crude sailing from US Gulf Coast to Canada. NEW YORK/ LONDON, May 1- Oil traders including commodities giant Trafigura and Australian bank Macquarie have quietly begun shipping U.S. crude oil from Texas to Canada, raising the ire of U.S. East Coast refiners who may pay four times as much for a similar voyage.

• Iran parks millions of oil barrels on tankers as buyers retreat Wednesday, 24 Apr 2013 | 11:45 AM ET

  *Iran's tanker company faces growing trade pressure. LONDON, April 24- Iran is storing millions of barrels of oil on tankers in its territorial waters as Tehran struggles with tougher Western sanctions on its vital seaborne export trade, ship industry sources say.

• Thatcher's legacy: citadel of finance atop once-derelict docks Tuesday, 16 Apr 2013 | 10:48 AM ET

  *Canary Wharf now rivals the old City of London in clout. LONDON, April 16- Where a maze of derelict warehouses and old cranes once testified to Britain's decline, glass skyscrapers teeming with traders now dominate London's docks, a metaphor- for good and ill- for Margaret Thatcher's free-market revolution.

• UPDATE 1-Cargo piles up as 2-week Hong Kong port strike drags on Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013 | 10:10 AM ET

  *Port operator backed by Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka- shing. HONG KONG, April 10- Striking dock workers at a port operator backed by Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka- shing failed to reach a deal for higher pay on Wednesday, prolonging a dispute that could cost the city its position as the world's third-largest container port.

• Iran's Q1 fuel oil exports rise more than 12 pct over Q4 -sources Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013 | 6:27 AM ET

  *Iran exports nearly 18 mln barrels in Q1, up 12.5 pct on qtr. SINGAPORE, April 10- Iran exported nearly 18 million barrels of fuel oil in the first quarter, or around 200,000 barrels per day, an increase of nearly 12.5 percent from the previous quarter, according to traders and data from Thomson Reuters Oil Analytics.