Venterra company Osbit designs and produces a range of bespoke equipment to support offshore wind farm developers – like subsea
trenching systems for cable-laying operations, and gripping systems to enable the handling and installation of offshore wind turbine monopiles.
Generally, these are complex pieces of machinery weighing in at hundreds of tonnes. So, it makes good business and environmental sense to manufacture them as close as possible to the place they will be used. And, to this end, Osbit is growing a global network of fabricators that can meet its exacting quality requirements. As of 2024, Osbit had established regional manufacturing options in Lithuania, Poland, Singapore, UAE, USA, and Vietnam.
This approach significantly reduces emissions, transportation costs, and waste. Building on this approach, Venterra company Balltec is also moving to regional manufacturing options which will support with efficiencies across the supply chain in emissions and
cost savings as well.
At the same time, several Venterra companies are increasing the emphasis on the re-use of existing systems. For example, Balltec is moving from a sales to a rental model, while Partrac has a policy of recovering – and, if possible, giving a second life to – 100% of its moorings. Osbit is also enhancing circularity through equipment rental, recovery, and re-use, sometimes repurposing 100% of surveying equipment in a project – a model being scaled to other Venterra companies.
Additionally, Osbit is working to optimise steel mass and use sustainable materials like biodegradable oils as standard practice across all operations.
