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.
Van Oord’s subsea rock installation vessels Nordnes and Bravenes have been deployed to install scour protection that has been designed to optimise marine biodiversity.
The Netherlands will be the first country in the world to get a Fish Migration River. This is a unique artificial tidal system at Kornwerderzand, which is being built right through the Afsluitdijk.