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The Ocean Cleanup is an international non-profit organization founded in 2013 by Boyan Slat. The Ocean Cleanup is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and employs approximately 95 engineers and researchers. The Dutch company aims to rid the world's oceans of plastic through a dual strategy of intercepting plastic in rivers and cleaning up what has already accumulated in the oceans. The company develops and deploys large-scale systems to efficiently concentrate plastic for periodic removal. The plastic is tracked and traced through DNV's chain of custody model to certify claims of origin when recycling it into new products. The company has developed a portfolio of interceptor solutions to halt and extract riverine plastic before it reaches the ocean.

Van Oord NV engages in the marine engineering business. The firm focuses on the dredging, offshore wind and offshore oil and gas. It offers investments and recycling, offshore wind installation, cutter suction dredger, flexible fall pipe vessel, cable-laying vessel, trailing suction hopper dredger, side stone dumping vessel, water injection dredger, backhoe, hopper barge and push buster, shallow water pipe lay barge and other equipment. The company was founded by Jan van Oord in 1948 and is headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands.