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the North Sea

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

A semi-submersible drilling rig under tow through the narrow entrance of the Cromarty Firth, tugs alongside, with the cliffs of the Sutors behind

17 August 2026Perspective

Second Lives for the Rigs of the Cromarty Firth

A Highland firth has become the waiting room of the North Sea oil industry: drilling rigs parked between jobs, or parked forever. The steel is superb marine habitat and ready-made offshore accommodation, and Nieuw Doggerland has a use for both.

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Black-and-white photograph from 1932 of floating cranes and clay barges closing De Vlieter, the final gap in the Afsluitdijk, with crowds watching from the decks

15 August 2026Perspective

The Frontier Next Door

Mars gets called the next frontier. Meanwhile the capital, the fleets, the treaties and the first artificial island have all arrived in the shallow sea between Britain and the Netherlands. What makes a frontier real, and why the North Sea qualifies.

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Concept render of Nieuw Haven's harbour basin with engineering vessels at berth beneath the hub island

10 August 2026Perspective

A Case for a Haven in the North Sea

Before the energy, before the land, before the science: Nieuw Haven opens as a working harbour in the emptiest stretch of the North Sea. Why port dues are the project's first revenue, and why that changes the financing story.

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Panoramic render of the Nieuw Doggerland island chain across the North Sea shallows

1 July 2026Perspective

Who Governs the Dogger Bank?

Four nations hold overlapping rights over the shallows; none holds sovereignty. Why that legal vacuum is Nieuw Doggerland's opportunity, not its obstacle.

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