Currently, when your ship sinks while doing a quest from the Merchant Alliance and having Chicken Coop/Pig Crate/Snake Basket on board, you can't go back to an outpost and ask for more which makes the quest unfinishable (unless you manage to get them all back while they are still floating or if you find others on islands).
So I think players should have the ability to ask for more Chicken Coop/Pig Crate/Snake Basket to any faction if their ship sinks.
