Embarcações

Interesting facts

Vessels up to 300 meters and 45,000 tons of steel end up stranded on the muddy beaches of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, where they are cut piece by piece in a billion-dollar recycling industry that coexists with deaths, pollution, and wages of less than 4 dollars a day.

Bruno Teles 04/06/2026 at 17:29

Construction

While diesel ferries still cross São Paulo with millions of cars, the government is preparing electric ferries for 14 crossings, with modernized terminals, new vessels, and a promise to reduce emissions before passengers notice the silent shift in the daily queues.

Carla Teles 11/05/2026 at 15:26

Interesting facts

The USA is offering almost R$ 1 million for anyone who can stop invasive mussels that hitchhike on boats, spread through rivers and lakes, and threaten to clog water systems, reservoirs, and hydroelectric power plants.

Caio Aviz 05/05/2026 at 23:57

Geopolitics

Gasoline at US$ 4.45 and ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz lead Trump to launch Project Freedom with US escort starting Monday, in an attempt to unblock the world’s most sensitive oil route.

Carla Teles 03/05/2026 at 23:50

Agribusiness

Maggi Group moved from soy to agricultural infrastructure: 212 vessels in the Amazon, 1,100 trucks, ports and hydroelectric plants, its own biodiesel, and the Northern Arc, all to transport 20 million tons in record time.

Carla Teles 08/04/2026 at 11:43

Maritime

OceanPact Announces Acquisition of CBO and Creates One of Brazil’s Largest Maritime Support Structures with 73 Vessels, Annual Revenue Above R$ 4 Billion and R$ 14 Billion Backlog

Corporativo 04/03/2026 at 14:18

Indústria naval acelera substituição da teca em navios e embarcações após sanções e escassez da madeira nobre no mercado global.

Naval Industry

Teca Crisis Affects Million-Dollar Ships and Exposes Fragility of the Shipbuilding Industry

Sara Aquino 05/02/2026 at 07:44

Funcionária offshore segura caixa com alface fresca cultivada em horta hidropônica a bordo de embarcação.

Offshore Sector

Sea, Work, and Spices: How Hydroponic Gardens Are Changing Offshore Hospitality

Caio Aviz 18/08/2025 at 11:05

BNDES aprova R$ 345 milhões para embarcações sustentáveis da Hermasa com recursos do Fundo da Marinha Mercante. Projeto vai reduzir até 88% das emissões de CO2 e gerar 355 empregos no Norte.

Naval Industry

BNDES Approves Financing for Sustainable Vessels from Hermasa Using Resources from the Merchant Marine Fund

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 30/07/2025 at 20:23

Ibama aprova embarcações da Petrobras para operação na Foz do Amazonas, mas perfuração só começa após simulação obrigatória de emergência ambiental.

Oil and Gas

Ibama Approves Petrobras Vessels, But Drilling License for Amazon River Mouth Still Pending

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 30/07/2025 at 19:52

Seatrium contrata empresa suíça para novas embarcações FPSO da Petrobras

Naval Industry

Seatrium Hires Swiss Company for Petrobras’s New FPSO Vessels

Carla Teles 10/06/2025 at 19:36

Iate de luxo na doca seca em estaleiro de Itajaí com skyline ao fundo

Naval Industry

Luxury Shipyard In Itajaí Receives Environmental Authorization For 4,000 m² Expansion With New Dock And Testing Area

Caio Aviz 03/06/2025 at 12:03

Vessels up to 300 meters and 45,000 tons of steel end up stranded on the muddy beaches of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, where they are cut piece by piece in a billion-dollar recycling industry that coexists with deaths, pollution, and wages of less than 4 dollars a day.

While diesel ferries still cross São Paulo with millions of cars, the government is preparing electric ferries for 14 crossings, with modernized terminals, new vessels, and a promise to reduce emissions before passengers notice the silent shift in the daily queues.

The USA is offering almost R$ 1 million for anyone who can stop invasive mussels that hitchhike on boats, spread through rivers and lakes, and threaten to clog water systems, reservoirs, and hydroelectric power plants.

Gasoline at US$ 4.45 and ships stuck in the Strait of Hormuz lead Trump to launch Project Freedom with US escort starting Monday, in an attempt to unblock the world’s most sensitive oil route.

Maggi Group moved from soy to agricultural infrastructure: 212 vessels in the Amazon, 1,100 trucks, ports and hydroelectric plants, its own biodiesel, and the Northern Arc, all to transport 20 million tons in record time.

OceanPact Announces Acquisition of CBO and Creates One of Brazil’s Largest Maritime Support Structures with 73 Vessels, Annual Revenue Above R$ 4 Billion and R$ 14 Billion Backlog

Teca Crisis Affects Million-Dollar Ships and Exposes Fragility of the Shipbuilding Industry

Sea, Work, and Spices: How Hydroponic Gardens Are Changing Offshore Hospitality

BNDES Approves Financing for Sustainable Vessels from Hermasa Using Resources from the Merchant Marine Fund

Ibama Approves Petrobras Vessels, But Drilling License for Amazon River Mouth Still Pending

Seatrium Hires Swiss Company for Petrobras’s New FPSO Vessels

Luxury Shipyard In Itajaí Receives Environmental Authorization For 4,000 m² Expansion With New Dock And Testing Area

Mother and daughter build a 70 m² house with more than 8,000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamaracá Island, in Pernambuco.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

He transformed an abandoned plastic water tank into an underground house in the “hobbit hole” style, using only repurposed pallet wood, without heavy machinery or expensive labor.

The river that “dies” in the desert never reaches the sea and yet gives life to one of Africa’s largest natural refuges in a truly impressive way.

China transforms desert-devastated area into the world’s largest artificial forest, planting trees for 60 years, blocking sand that reached Beijing, and creating a “green lung” of 92,000 hectares in a region once considered lost.

Toyota launches “family hybrid van” with 7 or 8 seats, 1.8 hybrid engine, fuel consumption of up to 23.8 km/l, and a price equivalent to about R$ 104,000 without taxes, below the Tiggo 8 Pro Plug-in Hybrid sold in Brazil: meet the Noah Hybrid 2026 in Japan.

Astronomers discover black hole wind traveling at 323 million km/h, a speed equivalent to 30% of the speed of light and considered a record.