Mar do Norte

Interesting facts

As old platforms challenge the oil industry, the world’s largest lifting ship lifted 15,300 tons of a platform in a single lift in the North Sea.

Flavia Marinho 22/05/2026 at 19:35

Construction

Germany prepares three giants of 34,000 tons in the North Sea to convert offshore wind energy into high-voltage electricity, in a 6 GW project that will feature converter platforms, HVDC connection, and works scheduled until 2031.

Carla Teles 20/05/2026 at 20:20

Science and Technology

Taller than the Eiffel Tower when in operation, the ship Voltaire lifts giant turbines in the North Sea using a 3,200-ton crane to transform Dogger Bank into the largest offshore wind farm in the world.

Carla Teles 20/05/2026 at 20:04

Construction

The giant foundation of the offshore platform BorWin6 is loaded in the United Arab Emirates after being transported with SPMTs, winches, and 216 axle lines, while Mammoet prepares to lift the 17,000-ton superstructure still in 2026.

Carla Teles 19/05/2026 at 19:55

Offshore Sector

European ship will transport captured CO₂ to be stored under the North Sea as the Greensand project prepares the first industrial offshore storage in the European Union to operate in 2026 with an initial target of 400,000 tons per year in Denmark.

Carla Teles 14/05/2026 at 18:13

Science and Technology

Belgium will sink 23 giant concrete caissons, each weighing 22,000 tons, in the North Sea to build the world’s first artificial energy island 45 km off the coast, forming offshore electrical walls.

Ana Alice 06/05/2026 at 23:38

Science and Technology

A company in Norway wants to deploy AI data centers in the ocean in floating wind turbines and use cold water from the North Sea to cool the servers.

Noel Budeguer 27/04/2026 at 13:10

Science and Technology

Hidden beneath the waters of the North Sea, a lost forest flourished 16,000 years earlier than expected and kept preserved the DNA of a species extinct 400,000 years ago, in a discovery that is rewriting the history of Europe.

Ana Alice 26/04/2026 at 16:07

Science and Technology

Navios dump 40 tons of shells and concrete blocks into the sea off the UK, reversing 200 years of destruction, bringing oyster reefs back, cleaning the water, and testing if the ocean floor can regenerate on a large scale.

Ana Alice 04/04/2026 at 14:59

Science and Technology

Hidden giants at the bottom of the North Sea reveal how 18,000-year-old icebergs help predict glacier collapse and rising oceans.

Caio Aviz 30/03/2026 at 15:24

Para criar 2.000 hectares de porto dentro do Mar do Norte, Rotterdam dragou 240 milhões de m³ de areia, ergueu 11 km de defesa costeira e montou um paredão rígido de 3,5 km com 7 milhões de toneladas de rocha e 20 mil blocos de concreto na Maasvlakte 2

Construction

To Create 2,000 Hectares of Port in the North Sea, Rotterdam Dredged 240 Million Cubic Meters of Sand, Built 11 km of Coastal Defense, and Installed a 3.5 km Rigid Seawall with 7 Million Tons of Rock and 20,000 Concrete Blocks at Maasvlakte 2

Valdemar Medeiros 03/02/2026 at 14:50

Engenheira norueguesa trabalha 115 dias por ano em plataforma no Mar do Norte e recebe cerca de R$ 55 mil por mês em rotina fora do padrão. (Imagem: Elisabeth Sahl/Jonny Engelsvoll/Equinor)

Offshore Sector

At 29, She Works Less Than 4 Months a Year, Earns R$ 55 Thousand a Month, and Lives Isolated at Sea: A Young Engineer’s Unconventional Choice

Ana Alice 25/01/2026 at 14:00

As old platforms challenge the oil industry, the world’s largest lifting ship lifted 15,300 tons of a platform in a single lift in the North Sea.

Germany prepares three giants of 34,000 tons in the North Sea to convert offshore wind energy into high-voltage electricity, in a 6 GW project that will feature converter platforms, HVDC connection, and works scheduled until 2031.

Taller than the Eiffel Tower when in operation, the ship Voltaire lifts giant turbines in the North Sea using a 3,200-ton crane to transform Dogger Bank into the largest offshore wind farm in the world.

The giant foundation of the offshore platform BorWin6 is loaded in the United Arab Emirates after being transported with SPMTs, winches, and 216 axle lines, while Mammoet prepares to lift the 17,000-ton superstructure still in 2026.

European ship will transport captured CO₂ to be stored under the North Sea as the Greensand project prepares the first industrial offshore storage in the European Union to operate in 2026 with an initial target of 400,000 tons per year in Denmark.

Belgium will sink 23 giant concrete caissons, each weighing 22,000 tons, in the North Sea to build the world’s first artificial energy island 45 km off the coast, forming offshore electrical walls.

A company in Norway wants to deploy AI data centers in the ocean in floating wind turbines and use cold water from the North Sea to cool the servers.

Hidden beneath the waters of the North Sea, a lost forest flourished 16,000 years earlier than expected and kept preserved the DNA of a species extinct 400,000 years ago, in a discovery that is rewriting the history of Europe.

Navios dump 40 tons of shells and concrete blocks into the sea off the UK, reversing 200 years of destruction, bringing oyster reefs back, cleaning the water, and testing if the ocean floor can regenerate on a large scale.

Hidden giants at the bottom of the North Sea reveal how 18,000-year-old icebergs help predict glacier collapse and rising oceans.

To Create 2,000 Hectares of Port in the North Sea, Rotterdam Dredged 240 Million Cubic Meters of Sand, Built 11 km of Coastal Defense, and Installed a 3.5 km Rigid Seawall with 7 Million Tons of Rock and 20,000 Concrete Blocks at Maasvlakte 2

At 29, She Works Less Than 4 Months a Year, Earns R$ 55 Thousand a Month, and Lives Isolated at Sea: A Young Engineer’s Unconventional Choice

Libya built over 4,000 kilometers of underground pipelines to bring water from the Sahara to coastal cities in a project that the government itself called the Eighth Wonder of the World.

Desert sand, previously discarded for being too smooth for concrete, becomes an ecological brick in the United Arab Emirates, dispensing with Portland cement, curing at room temperature, and attempting to transform dunes useless for construction into raw material for a new arid engineering.

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.

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.

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.

With 70 tons of rock removed by hand and an 800-year-old abandoned cave, a former businessman transforms a dark shelter into a modern home carved in the heart of the forest.

Scientists have created a material six times lighter than air, 75 times lighter than styrofoam, and that becomes stronger the more it is compressed: aerographite seems impossible, but it can reinforce structures, batteries, and satellites.