LNG bunker vessel damaged after cargo ship collision off South Korea

A Kogas-chartered LNG bunker vessel has been involved in a collision with a cargo ship off the coast of South Korea.

Local reports said the two vessels — described as “a 5,900-ton cargo ship and a 9,000-ton, Panamanian-flagged LNG carrier” — collided 6 km south-west of Yeodo Island at 04:20 local time on 17 February.

Gas industry players named the LNG carrier as the 7,654-cbm LNGBV SM Jeju LNG1 (built 2019).