ANKARA, November 26. /TASS/. Radio contact has been lost with the Central Park tanker that has been presumably hijacked off the Yemeni coast, Turkey’s maritime authority said.

"When the Central Park chemical tanker operated by Zodiac Maritime was in the Gulf of Aden near the Yemeni coast, radio contact with it was lost this morning. Efforts to get it touch with it have been failing. The vessel has presumably been hijacked," it said.

There are Turkish seamen onboard.

The Associated Press agency, Ambrey, a company dealing with maritime security issues, and Zodiac Maritime reported earlier that the ship’s crew includes citizens of Russia, Vietnam, Bulgaria, India, Georgia, and the Philippines. The ship is carrying phosphoric acid.