An LNG carrier newbuilding controlled by TMS Cardiff Gas and a Cido Shipping car carrier have collided off the Belgium coast.
The Belgium Coast Guard confirmed to TradeWinds that the recently delivered, 174,000-cbm Amberjack LNG and the 6,400-car Grand Venus (built 2006) were involved in what was described as "minor incident" at 8.14pm on the evening of 27 June off Ostend.
A spokesman for the coastguard said the Grand Venus was heaving up its anchor at the West Hinder Anchorage when it drifted into the Amberjack LNG, touching the bow of the LNG carrier.
He said the Amberjack LNG, which was in ballast at the time, sustained slight damage to the port side of its bow.
The LNG carrier proceed to the Zeebrugge LNG terminal to load.
No damage was reported to the car carrier, the coastguard said.
The Grand Venus arrived in the Ostend-Zeebrugge outer anchorage on 20 June and the Amberjack LNG docked there on 24 June.
The Amberjack LNG is fixed on a period charter to US producer Cheniere Energy. The vessel was recently reported to have been relet to trader Gunvor in a spot deal.
The Malta-flagged ship is classed by ABS and has protection and indemnity insurance from Norway's Gard.
Port-state-control records from Equasis show that the ship passed its first inspection in the US with no deficiencies last month.
The Grand Venus flies the Panamanian flag and is classed by the Korean Register of Shipping.
The ship has a fairly clean port-state0control inspection record, with Equasis recording no deficiencies.
TradeWinds has contacted both TMS Cardiff Gas and Cido Shipping for comment.
Eric Martin contributed to this article
