Some 18 Filipino crew plus a Ukrainian officer and an Egyptian master have been stuck on the Greek-owned 24,200-dwt multipurpose vessel Nikol H (built 1997) since 11 April, after a port state control (PSC) detention by the US Coast Guard (USCG), according to US and Philippines media reports. The ship had reportedly delivered a 13,521-tonne cargo of cocoa beans at Philadelphia's Pier 84.

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