Modular Reel Drive Systems up to 500Te WLL
Motive Reel Drive Systems have been designed with multiple reel installations on multipurpose vessels in mind, but can also be used for deploying one reel at a time.
All functions are hydraulically powered, with heavy-duty drive units enabling large line pulls.
Our Reel Drive Systems are modular, allowing easy disassembly and transportation. Designed for safe, rapid mobilisation to save time on the quayside.

Reel Drive Systems
Up to 500Te SWL
Motive Reel Drive Systems can accommodate any reel width and are powered by a twin-electric Hydraulic Power Unit ensuring there is always a backup motor.
All units come complete with their own track system, enabling the towers to move with ease while handling multiple reels. Enabling the Reel Drive System to move between reels on deck eliminates the need for offshore craneage and port transits, significantly reducing project operational costs and timeline.
Our expert lay team is available to deploy with all equipment spreads to commission and operate the Reel Drive System, along with A&R Winches and any other Motive equipment on-board.
REEL DRIVE SYSTEMS
Dimensions: 8.34m x 2.3m x 3.5m
Capacity (reel + product): 60Te
Reel Diameter: 2.5 - 6.0m
Gross Weight: 12Te
Drive Torque: 20Te.m at 2 rev/min
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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Dimensions: 8.34m x 2.3m x 3.5m
Capacity (reel + product): 80Te
Reel Diameter: 2.5 - 6.0m
Gross Weight: 12Te
Drive Torque: 5Te - 25Te at 1.2 - 1.5 rev/min
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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Dimensions: 4.8m x 4.1m x 4.1m
Capacity (reel + product): 120Te
Reel Diameter: Reels min 2.5m to 9.2m
Gross Weight: 23Te
Drive Torque: 40Te.m at 1 rev/min
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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Dimensions: 4.6m x 4.1m x 3.8m
Capacity (reel + product): 150Te
Reel Diameter: 2.5 – 9.2m
Gross Weight: 36Te
Drive Torque: 50Te.m at 1 rev/min
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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Dimensions: 4.6m x 4.1m x 3.8m
Capacity (reel + product): 200Te
Reel Diameter: 2.5 - 9.2m
Gross Weight: 36Te
Drive Torque: 80Te at 1 rev/min
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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Dimensions: 11.28m x 3.77m x 8.92m
Capacity (reel + product): 300Te
Reel Diameter: 2.25m
Gross Weight: 97,200kg
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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Dimensions: 11.52m x 4.86m x 6.73m
Capacity (reel + product): 400Te
Reel Diameter: 6 - 11.4m
Gross Weight: 60Te
Drive Torque: 50Te at 1 rev/min/100Te @ 0.5 rev/min
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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Dimensions: 12m x 5.5m (w/o Reel) x 7.65m
Capacity (reel + product): 450Te
Reel Diameter: 5m - 10.9m
Gross Weight: 112,562kg
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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Dimensions: 11.52m x 4.80m x 7.82m
Capacity (reel + product): 500Te
Reel Diameter: 6.5m – 12.3m
Gross Weight: 30Te
Drive Torque: 60Te.m at 1 rev/min / 150Te.m at 0.5 rev/min
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
FAQs
Our Reel Drive Systems are designed for a wide range of flexible products, including umbilical, power cables, and subsea jumpers, with modular tracks to accommodate varying reel diameters.
We maintain a global rental fleet across strategic bases in the UK, Norway, UAE, USA, Brazil, Singapore, and Taiwan. Depending on the equipment type and project destination, we can often mobilise within 24-48 hours for standard packages.
All Motive equipment is designed and manufactured in-house to meet global offshore standards with full traceability to component level and is CE/UKCA marked accordingly. Full certification packages are provided with every delivery.
Absolutely - Every rental is backed by a dedicated onshore project manager who serves as your single point of contact, ensuring smooth logistics, technical planning, and mobilisation. Additionally, we provide multi-disciplined, offshore-certified technicians for on-site installation, commissioning, and 24/7/365 operational support to ensure maximum uptime during your campaign.
Yes - While we have a standard product line, our in-house design and engineering teams specialise in custom-built winches, tensioners, and specialist marine and lifting equipment tailored to specific project footprints and load requirements. Our spreads are specifically engineered to meet the needs of any vessel with a focus on compact footprints and reduced sea-fastening requirements, ensuring a versatile and straightforward integration that transforms your available deck space into a high-performance offshore asset.
Yes - We provide a complete turnkey service for our rental fleet, ensuring equipment is not just delivered to the quayside, but fully integrated onto your vessel. Our multi-disciplinary teams manage the entire process, including deck layouts, installations, and commissioning to guarantee that every rental spread is sea-fastened and operational to the highest safety standards before departure.
In addition to our rental support, Motive Manufacturing provides these same comprehensive vessel services for client-owned assets, offering professional vessel mobilisations/demobilisations, structural sea-fastening, and critical repairs.
Yes - our Manufacturing division provides a full repair, maintenance, and overhaul service for client-owned offshore and back-deck equipment. Our focus is on design-for-sustainability, while our full-scale refurbishment service supports repurposing of assets to extend lifecyle, ensuring equipment remains compliant and efficient while actively reducing raw material demand, lowering embodied carbon, and diverting assets from disposal.
We offer comprehensive services, including Wire Rope Inspection (MRT), NDT (Non-Destructive Testing), Hose Integrity Management, Load Testing, and full Lifting Gear Examinations to ensure equipment remains compliant and safe.
Motive is redefining offshore service delivery through an integrated, circular operating model that reduces project emissions, extends asset lifecycles, and enables clients to meet accelerating net-zero targets. Our innovation lies in redesigning how onshore and offshore services are delivered, by integrating rentals, manufacturing, and certification into a coordinated delivery model that reduces multi-vendor interfaces, project complexity, and associated emissions.
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