Three crew from a UK pilot boat have been injured after a collision involving a Shell-managed LNG carrier.

The incident occurred on Sunday at Milford Haven when the smaller vessel was conducting a routine transfer on to the 271,700-cbm Lijmiliya (built 2009).

The Western Telegraph reported that the pilot boat crew received minor injuries that needed hospital treatment.

The Port of Milford Haven said: "We can confirm that in the early hours of Sunday morning an incident occurred when one of its pilot vessels made hard contact with another ship during a routine transfer of pilot operation.

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