On the open ocean? No. That's very unlikely. Along contested shores? Yes. That's where you'd employ the coast guard or naval forces to protect the vessels. Pe

On the open ocean? No. That's very unlikely. Along contested shores? Yes. That's where you'd employ the coast guard or naval forces to protect the vessels. Perhaps you could even bring aboard an armed crew as needed, or employ various defences, beginning by making it harder to breach the containers, up to just about any fully automated defence system you can imagine.