All-round system integrator Van der Leun, based in Sliedrecht, the Dutch home of dredging, has opened a new operations base in Atlanta to bring its knowledge and expertise closer to the US market. ‘We’re passionate about dredging vessels. By developing and installing complete electrical systems, we can offer our customers added value.’

Van der Leun has been in the electrical engineering business for more than a century and has also developed into a serious player in the maritime industry. The company has fitted systems in more than 500 dredging vessels: boosters, suction-cutter dredgers, hopper dredgers and water-injection dredgers, during the construction of new vessels, as well as refits and conversions.