One ship??? The US exports something like 2 BILLION bushels of soybeans a year and the media is fretting over a single ship? Where is my fainting chair. I think I’m getting the vapors.
A ship can double as storage. Most of the crew could be sent out on unpaid shore leave [or badly needed maintenance]. I suppose keeping a generator going for lights, etc, doesn’t take much power. And I hope there are no taxes on the high seas either.
But frankly, if they don’t want the soy beans, we consume a lot here in the US.
BTW — great factoid. 2 billion bushels?