Blue carbon refers to carbon that is sequestered in the seabed and deep ocean through the uptake of atmospheric CO2 by coastal and marine ecosystems via photosynthesis.
Tug boats refloated an oil tanker that was briefly stranded in Egypt's Suez Canal late on Wednesday due to a technical fault with its rudder, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said.
HR Wallingford to supply numerical and physical modelling systems to the SCA, which will help it to further develop the canal, ports and coastline, keeping it abreast with the evolution of vessels and maintaining a competitive edge.
The Suez Canal has received South Korea’s HMM’s new 24,000 TEU-class containership HMM Algeciras during its maiden journey through the Asia-North Europe trade lane.