Global Tensioner Fleet up to 65Te WLL
A specialist supplier of unique, fully integrated solutions, Motive has industry-leading expertise in cable handling and deployment equipment.
Choose from a range of dual and four-track, horizontal and vertical Tensioners, hydraulically powered, with options up to 65Te WLL.
With a handling capacity of product up to 600mm diameter, we can also custom-build Tensioners to suit project specifications.

Tensioners - SURF, Cable, and Pipe Lay
Up to 65Te WLL
Beyond our core Tensioner fleet, we provide a full suite of integrated equipment for project deployment. From Deck winches, Control Cabins and Tensioner HPUs, to high-capacity Reels, Chutes and Deck Deflectors, our modular systems are designed for perfect compatibility. Whether you need a standalone unit or a fully managed back-deck spread, our team is ready to configure a suitable package.
Vertical Pivotable Tensioners
Known for their integrated ‘break back’ capability, the vertical pivotable tensioner design utilises a fixed lower track and a vertically mobile upper track.
Controlled by a bushed sliding cassette and four hydraulic cylinders, these Tensioners provide consistent grip force across flexible pipe, umbilical, and steel pipe diameters from 50mm to 600mm.
TENSIONERS
Dimensions: 2.13m x 1.81m x 1.40m
Gross Weight: 4,000kg
Maximum Lay Speed: 1,100m/hour
Product Capacity: 50mm - 200mm diameter
Track Grip Force: 21Te
Track Contact Length: 700mm
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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Dimensions: 3.55m x 2.13m x 1.44m
Gross Weight: 5,000kg
Maximum Lay Speed: 840m/hour
Product Capacity: 20mm - 200mm diameter
Track Grip Force: 33.6Te
Track Contact Length: 700mm
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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Dimensions: 4.23m x 1.5m x 2.50m
Gross Weight: 6,000kg
Maximum Lay Speed: 1200m/hour
Product Capacity: 50mm - 370mm diameter
Track Grip Force: 43Te
Track Contact Length: 1800mm
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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Dimensions: 5.26m x 3.06m x 2.56m
Gross Weight: 13,500kg
Maximum Lay Speed: 800m/hour
Product Capacity: 50mm - 500mm diameter
Track Grip Force: 50Te
Track Contact Length: 2698mm
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
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Dimensions: 5.56m x 3.11m x 2.06m
Gross Weight: 16Te
Maximum Lay Speed: 900m/hour
Product Capacity: 50mm to 600mm diameter
Track Grip Force: 50Te
Track Contact Length: 3.05m
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
Dimensions: 4.67m x 2.23m x 1.66m
Gross Weight: 7.8Te
Maximum Lay Speed: 970m/hour
Product Capacity: 50mm to 430mm diameter
Track Grip Force: 52Te
Track Contact Length: 2.34m
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
Dimensions: 6.54m x 3.22m x 2.26m
Gross Weight: 23.0Te
Maximum Lay Speed: 1,200m/hour
Product Capacity: 50mm to 500mm diameter
Track Grip Force: 115Te
Track Contact Length: 3.1m
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
Dimensions: 6.5m x 3.46m x 1.93m
Gross Weight: 30.0Te
Maximum Lay Speed: 800m/hour
Product Capacity: 50mm to 480mm diameter
Track Grip Force: 50Te
Track Contact Length: 3.5m
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
Dimensions: 6.46m x 3.41m x 3.46m
Gross Weight: 44.1Te
Maximum Lay Speed: 1,200m/hour
Product Capacity: 50mm to 600mm diameter
Track Grip Force: 152Te
Track Contact Length: 3.5m
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
Dimensions: 6.46m x 3.41m x 3.46m
Gross Weight: 44.1Te
Maximum Lay Speed: 1,200m/hour
Product Capacity: 50mm to 600mm diameter
Track Grip Force: 182Te
Track Contact Length: 3.5m
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
FAQs
Yes, we offer both horizontal and vertical 2-track and 4-track tensioners, with many units featuring modular designs for easy road transport and rapid quayside mobilisation. Our range includes vertical pivotable tensioners with a ‘break-back’ design via a flexible upper track offering advanced capabilities in the deployment and recovery of flexible pipe, umbilicals, and steel pipe from 50mm to 600mm diameter.
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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Reach out to our friendly, knowledgeable experts who take the time to listen and understand your challenges - to offer the best custom solutions.
We also support on-site installations, commissioning, testing, and operating, with multi-disciplined technicians ready to mobilise 24/7/365.










