there is a bypass to the Danish Straits: the Kiel Canal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel_Canal

very nice. has a claude touch to it

Looking at these pics and considering Trump's general combative stance on global trade, I wonder if the attack on Iran and the subsequent chaos they've caused intentionally - I wonder if this is intentional, to incentivize countries to localize production.

Perhaps time to dig out a channel to cut across the land there? To add some second path.