An LNG carrier controlled by Qatari shipowner Nakilat and managed by Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (Stasco), was has sustained damage after being hit by an oil tanker off Fujairah.

Photos are circulating among industry players of the 210,100-cbm-Al Khattiya (built 2009) which show the vessel holed below the waterline on its starboard side.

A further puncture and damage to the hull is also visible above.

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