Seven Ukrainian men have been stuck on a merchant vessel in South Philly since July 2021. Now they watch as their country goes to war, unable to return.
Captain Gennadiy Shevchenko of the Ocean Force merchant vessel has been away from his home in Odesa, Ukraine, for nearly eight months. He hasn’t seen his daughter or her mother. Docked in the Delaware River, he can only watch as his country defends itself in a war with Russia.the 60-year-old sea captain said. “This is outrageous.”
So their lives are contained to the 348-foot-long and 66-foot-wide vessel, docked in South Philadelphia. Some days, what Shevchenko hears from his family is better than what he sees and hears on the news. Other days, it’s worse. Although no one in the crew has lost a family member in the conflict, some have lost friends.
According to a federal lawsuit, the Belizean-flagged ship was chartered in 2020 by a Panamanian shipping company, CAC Maritime Limited, from the ship owners Redbrick Ventures Inc. — a holding company traced back to a firm in Odesa. The men could seek asylum, but that wouldn’t be a guaranteed way to stay or avoid a detention center, said Alex Isbell, immigration lawyer and partner at Palladino, Isbell & Casazza.
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