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LNG carrier and VLCC in collision off Fujairah

Two vessels sustain bow damage in night-time incident

March 25th, 2019 10:24 GMT

by Lucy Hine

An LNG carrier and a VLCC collided off Fujairah during the hours of darkness.

Officials at the Shipping Corp of India (SCI) confirm that the 155,000-cbm LNG carrier Aseem (built 2009), in which SCI is the major shareholder, was involved in a collision with the 281,395-dwt tanker Shinyo Ocean (built 2001).

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The collision is understood to have occurred on Sunday night.

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Shinyo Ocean has sustained bow damage off Fujairah Photo: Contributed

SCI said the Aseem is now at anchor and the company is waiting for the surveyors' report before releasing any further information.

The LNG carrier, which is on charter to India's Petronet LNG shipping cargoes between Qatar and India, is understood to have been in ballast at the time.

Sources indicate both vessels sustained bow damage.

The Shinyo Ocean is listed under Navios Midstream's fleet.

TradeWinds was not immediately able to contact Navios for comment.

Point is, economic warfare, hours after Nordtream was refused by the EU, an LNG ship is in an incident..