Shipping giant Hanjin files for bankruptcy protection

I wonder what the crews on the ships do. You're a crew, you know that you aren't going to get paid by the company, and you've got thousands of metric tons of cargo on board. The terminal where you are supposed to take it won't unload it. The people who shipped it can't get to it, and eventually you are going to run out of food on board.

Do you go privateer? Sell the cargo to pay off your goods and then sell the boat and by tickets back to your home port? Do you just load up into a life boat and drive into shore and leave the abandoned ship for someone to salvage?

If you're reading this and have some knowledge of how maritime law handles this, I'm really curious!

Some interesting thoughts from the BBC here http://www.bbc.com/news/business-37241727