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News from
the North Sea

Progress reports, precedents, and perspectives from the project to rebuild Doggerland, collected here as the vision moves from map to water.

Three NATO frigates, Norwegian, German and Dutch, under way on open grey water beneath a high cloudbank

23 September 2026Industry News

Defending the North Sea from the Middle

In a single year 13,079 vessels were logged drifting over subsea infrastructure in the North Sea, a rise of 52%. In the spring, British, Norwegian and American forces turned back a Russian rehearsal for cutting the cables to Svalbard.

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The Dutch frigate Zr.Ms. Tromp under way in open water as two F-35 fighters pass low overhead

4 August 2026Industry News

The Seabed Gets a Sentry

NATO now runs a dedicated command for the pipes and cables under the North Sea, and its patrols have made their first arrest. The age of unguarded seabed infrastructure is over; the case for a permanent presence on the Dogger Bank just got stronger.

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