Is the China Station scenario with the boat next or one or two games away? How is the work on the Junk / Asian boat progressing? If you need a period type ship to use I have the SS Thor model assembled. It is a small motor ship or cargo lighter and is typical of many such workhorses of the sea which ply the inter-coastal trade:
Link athttps://tin-soldier.com/ssthor.html
One option would be to have 2 or 3 boats (possibly Thor and a Junk) tied up alongside to create more space for figures as below:
The same company (Tin Soldier) makes this Junk: