The strait is the shipping connection from the open sea to the important Russian ports of Baltiysk and Kaliningrad in the northeastern lagoon, as well as to the Polish ports of Elbląg, Braniewo, Tolkmicko, Frombork, Sztutowo, Krynica Morska, and Nowa Pasłęka in the southeastern lagoon.
Pasłęka | Nowa Karczma | Siedlisko, Nowa Sól County | Nowa Pasłęka | Nowa Karczma, Nowy Dwór Gdański County | Nowa Kuźnia, Polkowice County | Nowa Kuźnia, Opole Voivodeship | Nowa Kuźnia, Bolesławiec County | Nowa Jerozolima |