25 crew confirmed on board tanker hijacked off Kenya coast English.news.cn   2011-05-01 17:23:02 SINGAPORE, May 1 (Xinhua) -- The ship management firm of a tanker hijacked off Kenya coast confirmed on Sunday that there are 25 crew members on board the vessel. The crew members include 4 South Koreans, 13 Indonesians, 5 Chinese and 3 Myanmar nationals, the Singapore-registered company Glory Ship Management said in a statement, without revealing their names. The palm oil tanker GT Gemini "is believed to have been hijacked off Kenyan waters and heading towards Somalia," the company said, adding that its Singapore office last made satellite phone contact the ship captain early Saturday afternoon before the contact was cut off. Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority first released a statement on the suspected hijacking of the vessel on Saturday evening. Glory Ship Management said the vessel was hijacked around Saturday noon off Kenya coast. It was carrying 28,000 metric tons of crude palm oil from Indonesia to Mombasa, Kenya, when the incident took place. The company said its managing agents are exhausting all efforts to contact the family members of the crew in the respective countries. "Our highest concerns are for the safety and well-being of the crew members. We will make every effort to secure their release," the company said. "The company is keeping the appropriate Singapore and international authorities fully informed of the situation." The company also said it is "not at liberty to release any further details of the situation." The Chinese Embassy in Singapore said it has received report on the incident and was now in contact with relevant agencies and companies.......Editor: Chen Zhi (source:xinhua) ===============================================