I placed a roughly 300 meter wide shipping canal through the center of Pretany, connecting the Barsas and Turpis Rivers. ANY country that wants to connect from the western ocean to the northern ocean can use this canal. Of course Thilo needs to get involved to allow shipping passage through the Barsas River in his country. So until then, you can connect to St. Richards or Raggleneth through the Turpis River in Pretany.

http://opengeofiction.net/wiki/index.php/Mid-Pretanic_Canal The wiki link to the Canal.

http://opengeofiction.net/#map=8/52.310/54.943 The location of the canal in the middle of the screen.