Traction Winches
Engineered for capacities up to 60Te, Motive Traction Winches provide the steady, controlled pull essential for complex spooling, tensioning, and holdback applications requiring a controlled pull on heavy loads.
Traction Winches are specifically designed for maintaining constant high-pulling force over long distances. Ideal for large wire installations, by separating the pulling and storage functions the Traction Winch ensures product integrity throughout the entire operation.

Traction Winches
Up to 60Te WLL
Designed to pull loads continuously while maintaining a constant force and speed, Traction Winches use a single or double-drum to grip and pull the cable, while a separate drum or reel is used to store the excess rope, cable, or umbilical. Utilising a separate storage system minimises crushing forces on the product, reducing bending fatigue to help protect its operational life.
Perfect for substantial wire installations, Traction Winches deliver bi-directional constant tension, ensuring smooth, steady movement to reduce shock loads.
Motive supplies complete Traction Winch spreads, including fitted adjustable guides, Control Stations, HPUs, and dedicated storage options.
TRACTION WINCHES
Dimensions: 2900mm x 2500mm x 2800mm
Rated Capacity: 15Te
Tare Weight: 12,000kg
Lifting Arrangement: 4-point lifting sling fitted
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
Dimensions: 3690mm x 3123mm x 2524mm
Rated Capacity: 50Te
Tare Weight: 22,246kg
Lifting Arrangement: 4-point lifting sling fitted
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
Dimensions: 5000mm x 2600mm x 2950mm
Rated Capacity: 60Te
Weight: 23Te
Lifting Arrangement: 4-point lifting sling fitted
N.B. All weights/dimensions represented are for illustrative purposes
FAQs
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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