Chokepoint
Dover Strait
The Strait of Dover is the narrowest point of the English Channel, connecting it to the North Sea. It is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, funnelling North Sea and Baltic traffic past the coasts of England and France.
Current status
Dover Strait disruption pulse
The traffic-light badge is a disruption score, not an operational closure declaration. Transit metrics appear only when the current vessel snapshot has coverage.
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Major trade routes through Dover Strait
Dover Strait is tracked as a strategic waterway reference. It is not currently mapped to one of World Monitor's modelled trade-route corridors, but its vessel traffic and disruption signals are still monitored on the live map.
Related
Source: src/config/chokepoint-registry.ts and src/config/trade-routes.ts. Methodology: how chokepoint disruption is scored.