It is noted that the UK Maritime Trade Organization announced the incident with the vessel in the Gulf of Oman, describing it as a "potential hijacking".
According to the channel's sources, a group of "eight or nine armed men" boarded the Asphalt Princess tanker.
According to the source, "it was an unauthorized landing in the Gulf of Oman."
The British Foreign Office said that they are conducting an "urgent investigation into the incident on the ship near the UAE."
As TASS clarifies, the Asphalt Princess tanker flies under the flag of Panama.
Earlier it became known that the tanker Mercer Street belonging to the Japanese company under the flag of Liberia was attacked in the Arabian Sea.