Bahrain: INCREASED risk of pollution connected to a sharp rise in the number of ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz has prompted Bahrain-based experts to seek a change in international maritime law. 
Nearly a third of the world’s oil traded by sea passes through the strategic strait, but a reluctance by countries to grant territorial water access to ships in distress could exacerbate a potential environmental disaster at sea .
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                             
                     
                       
                                                                
 
 