[nols]

Pirates do hit container ships, actually some even hire hackers to locate the high value cargo to steal. A bankrupt shipping company doesn't really change much, since the ship is still worth millions. If pirates stole and abandoned the ship then at worst salvage laws apply, and a salvage company would go out and take over. The ships aren't worthless because the company is bankrupt, there's just an issue with operating costs and companies not wanting to shoulder them.

[astrodust]

There's been cases, but those are almost always inside jobs where they need help positioning and/or locating the containers they want to loot.

These are just random ships at sea. No such advantage here. It's truly a needle in a haystack problem.

If you want to steal the ship, a more practical plan would be to convince the crew to abandon ship (bribes?) and then claim it as salvage.

[ethanbond]

Thank you for actually contributing to my understanding rather than just saying "it'll be dealt with by someone!" as if the situation as-is shouldn't already have been dealt with by someone.