[Crispy]

I agree. If they have to unload to get to the cargo, unload the cargo in the middle of the Atlantic.

[navyblue]

You CANNOT unload the vessel at sea! A container ship has no means to lift the boxes off the deck and out of the cells. Shoreside cranes must be used. If there were explosives onboard, they could be in a box at the very bottom of a cell containing six or eight boxes. The only way to unload it is to bring it into port where the gantry cranes are located.

Well, I guess you could always sink the whole thing out at sea.