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 Navios Midstream Aquistion Corp's 281,395-dwt tanker Shinyo Ocean (built 2001).

The collision is understood to have occurred on Sunday night at around midnight.