Dockstr

Secondary Market

Sub-categories

Browse Offshore Construction sub-categories

Cable Tensioners

Used cable tensioners and cable engines for sale; power, telecom and offshore wind cable installation.

Cable Carousels

Used cable carousels and basket storage for vessel and quayside cable installation.

Subsea Trenchers

Used subsea trenchers, jet trenchers and ploughs for cable burial.

Offshore construction equipment brokered through Dockstr; cable carousels, cable tensioners, A&R winches and tensioning winches, plough and trencher equipment, pipelay equipment and ancillary handling systems for subsea cable, pipeline and structure installation. Supply is project-driven and time-sensitive.

At a glance

Offshore Construction - what the desk handles

Cable handling equipment

Tensioners, carousels, chutes, basket storage and routing equipment for power and telecom cable installation.

Trenching and burial

Trenchers, ploughs and burial systems for cable and pipeline protection.

Pipelay support

S-lay, J-lay and flexible lay tooling, abandonment and recovery winches, reels and tensioner skids.

Project-driven supply

Flow tied to project completions, contractor consolidation and asset rotation in the cable lay market.

Buy-side and sell-side

Two sides of the same desk

Buying

Buy used offshore construction equipment through Dockstr: specify the scope and technical requirements. We will source matched offshore construction equipment for sale, including tensioners, cable engines, carousels, A&R winches and trenchers, from contractors’ surplus inventory and other parties holding stock.

Selling

Selling end-of-project equipment and tooling, idle tensioners, pull-in or A&R winches, or surplus carousels? Our brokers approach contractors and potential buyers directly.

In detail

How this segment is brokered

Tensioners and cable engines for export cable, inter-array, telecom and pipeline installation.

Cable carousels and basket storage; including modular and turntable systems for vessel and quayside installation.

Trenchers and ploughs; including jet trenchers, mechanical trenchers and pre-lay ploughs.

Pipelay equipment and tooling for S-lay, J-lay and flexible lay operations including tensioners, abandonment and recovery (A&R) winches and reels.

Subsea winches; including tensioning and construction winches for offshore installation and project support.

Ancillary construction kit; chutes, routing systems, monitoring and control vans, deck handling spreads.

Cable carousel; modular drive and basket configuration.

Offshore wind and interconnector growth has driven sustained demand for cable lay tooling. Tensioner capacity and carousel availability are the constraints in most fleet expansion conversations we run.

On the pipelay side, project-driven asset releases create cyclical supply windows; we publish them through the buyer network as they appear.

Trencher deployment; typically released at project close-out.

Construction equipment is high-value, project-specific and slow to move without the right buyers. A direct sale risks low offers or equipment sitting idle on a yard. Brokering through a desk with direct contractor relationships compresses both timeline and discount.

Tensioner; capacity drives buyer interest.

Scope

Typical brokerage scope

01

Cable engine with hydraulic power unit and control cabin

02

Modular cable carousel with drive units and storage basket

03

Jet trencher or pre-lay plough from completed project

04

Tensioner, winch and reel from pipelay vessel refit

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Routing and chute equipment for cable lay vessel fit-out

FAQ

Common questions

Occasionally. Full spreads; tensioner, carousel, chute, controls; are transacted as packages on a project-specific basis.

Handled on mandate. We engage the specific pipelay contractor pool directly given the bespoke and high-value nature of the equipment.

Where the seller offers them. Most full-package trencher sales include the LARS.

Marine equipment covers generic deck handling; cranes, winches, LARS. Offshore construction is project-specific cable, pipe and burial tooling; tensioners, carousels, ploughs, trenchers, A&R winches.

Offshore wind, inter-array and export cable, plus interconnector projects across Europe and Asia. Tensioner capacity and carousel availability are the binding constraints in most fleet expansion conversations.

On mandate. Hammer spreads, gripper frames and upend tooling appear less frequently and are typically handled off-market with named buyers.

Buy-side or sell-side?

Submit your requirement; our brokers will engage the market on your behalf.