LONDON - A collision between a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker and a smaller freighter on Tuesday may delay delivery of the cargo to Belgium, but is unlikely to impact gas prices. “Looking at the market today it has had no effect (on prices) and I wouldn’t imagine it would as the market is pretty bearish at the moment. Europe is well supplied,” a trader said. The 206,000 cubic-metre-capacity LNG tanker Al Oraiq collided with a freighter at around 0415 CET, Belgium gas grid operator Fluxys said in a statement. The tanker is carrying a Qatari cargo and was due to unload on Tuesday at Zeebrugge’s LNG import terminal. Delays to delivering a cargo under normal circumstances could trigger gas shortfalls in Belgium, pushing up prices , but European markets are well supplied by Russia and LNG. There are seven other LNG tankers either docked, loading or due to unload at Belgian, British and Dutch ports over the next week. Fluxys did not say exactly where the collision took place, but the tanker is being towed into Belgium’s Zeebrugge port.