The Ocean Green, a refrigerated cargo ship flying Panama's flag with 41 Ukrainian crew members on board, which was stranded in Galang Island waters of the Riau Islands (Indonesia), has been staying there for four months already.

As Jakarta Post reported with reference to the head of the Batam Port Office, Hery Setiobudi, on Monday, the office had ordered the Ocean Green's agent, to immediately send letters to the Panamanian and Ukrainian embassies in Jakarta to ask them to handle the problem of the stranded crew.

"The ship is still being detained in waters near Batam Island. We are still withholding its shipping documents. As port authority, we have asked the ship's shipping agent to immediately report the case to both the Panamanian and Ukrainian embassies in Jakarta; however, there is no progress," Hery told Jakarta Post.

At the same time, PT Bias Delta Pratama, a company that manages the lay-up services of foreign vessels operating in waters around Galang Island, said it had sent a letter to the Ukrainian government through its embassy in Jakarta, asking it to deal with the Ukrainian citizens.

According to the media report, Ocean Green was rented by Oceanic Pte Ltd., a Singaporean company. The vessel has not yet settled the fee charges worth up to $400,000 to Bias Delta Pratama.

The Batam Immigration Office said that the visas of the 41 crew members expired on November 7, 2014.

According to the report, since July 2014 the crew members have had to survive on a ship that ran out of water and fuel for generating electricity and had no more food. Some of the crew members were reported to have been sick.