Subsea burial

Enabling successful cable and pipe burial.

As the growth of offshore wind accelerates, and wind farms are installed in an increasingly diverse range of locations, the need to maximise productivity and protect the product has never been higher.

We have decades of experience in developing and modifying subsea trenching vehicles, to enable successful campaigns.

To date, we’ve developed multiple field-proven subsea trenching systems, and completed a variety of upgrade and repurposing projects on existing assets.

Swordfish subsea trencher for Jan De Nul supplied by Osbit
Osbit egineer working on site inspecting equipment

What we do

AMP1500 subsea pipeline plough major upgrade completed by Osbit

We design, build, support, and upgrade a diverse range of subsea burial systems to bury subsea cables, pipelines, and umbilicals.

These include mechanical jetting and cutting trenchers, pipeline and cable ploughs, controlled flow excavators, jetting tractors and sleds.

Our skills range from turnkey supply of subsea trenching solutions, to modifying existing systems, integrating new control systems, and supplying sub-systems such as cutting wheels, jetting swords, and shares.

How we can help

  • We deliver tailored studies and concept design to inform project decision-making, from simple feasibility assessments through to complex FEED.

  • We develop and deliver cutting edge systems to drive our customers’ operations forward.

  • We provide multi-discipline commissioning support, as well as offshore operational and maintenance teams.

  • We offer tailored spares packages, desktop studies, and remote engineering support, as required.

  • We optimise, repurpose and diversify asset capabilities, as well as inspecting, surveying, and carrying out planned maintenance.

  • Our Tailwind software package can be integrated on new and existing assets, streamlining knowledge management, and providing performance insight and inventory management.

Key benefits delivered

  • Cutting-edge capabilities

    World-first integration of cable route preparation, laying and trenching into one system and development of leading interchangeable cutter & jetting trencher.

  • Market-leading lead times

    Accelerated delivery programmes to suit project needs. For example - design, build, and delivery of a complete subsea pre-lay plough in a 5 month lead-time.

  • Decades of expertise

    Osbit team members have been involved in subsea trenching since its inception. We design, build, repurpose, and enhance a huge range of systems.

Dive deeper into our track record…

Project stories
Pre-lay subsea plough
Pre-lay subsea plough

Supporting our customer with winning their first contract, developing world-first technical capability, and meeting the demands of a challenging delivery programme.

  • “Swordfish makes the perfect addition to our trenching vehicle fleet, arming us for the energy transition of tomorrow. We enjoyed a fruitful cooperation with Osbit on this industry leading solution for cable burial.”

    Manager of new-build department, Jan De Nul

  • “Our subsea plough supplied by Osbit shortens the wind farm construction phase, and therefore delivers an earlier return on investment for our developer clients.”

    Engineering Director, Global Marine Group

  • "We appreciate Osbit’s expertise and input on this major plough upgrade and look forward to exploring future opportunities together."

    Director, DeepOcean

  • "Osbit's team listen without limiting beliefs. Our customer had confidence in them, and their skills. Osbit were able to sell their ideas, in collaboration with us, and together that helped us secure our project."

    Managing Director of Group Business Operations, Global Marine Group

Sharing knowledge to drive industry progress

We’re working with developers, vessel owners, and equipment operators to share technical trenching knowledge across the offshore wind supply chain.

Our Osbit Insight offering is increasing project success and supporting developers in making agile, lower-risk decisions when it comes to offshore operations and technology selection.

trencher upgrade by Osbit for DeepOcean
Swordfish subsea trencher vehicle system for Jan De Nul by Osbit
PLP240 pre-lay i-plough supplied by Osbit owned by Helix Energy Solutions
AMP1500 subsea pipeline plough major upgrade by Osbit

Offering the best of technology…

Our approach combines innovation with already proven, modular aspects of Osbit technology. This enables us to increase capability and lower lead-time, all while decreasing each project’s risk profile.

Our capabilities cover the entire equipment life-cycle; as well as full design & build equipment supply, we offer tailored packages based around any segment or combination of our core offering components.

Controlled flow excavator supplied by Osbit to Modus
SCARJet subsea trencher supplied by Osbit
Otter trencher upgraded by Osbit being wet tested
Osbit engineers reviewing a 3D model

Let’s talk subsea burial…

If you have an equipment requirement, or would simply like to learn more about Osbit’s capabilities, then please get in touch.

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