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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Graeme Whitfield

Osbit unveils huge subsea trenching vehicle for use on offshore wind project

North East firm Osbit has completed a huge subsea trenching vehicle that will used on offshore wind farm projects.

The Northumberland firm has built the Swordfish for Luxembourg vessel operator, Jan De Nul. Taking a year to design and build, it will help bury cables in the ocean.

Neil Harrison, director at Osbit said: “Our focused team of skilled engineers have performed tremendously and really pulled together to produce a class-leading multi-purpose trenching vehicle in such a short space of time, despite ongoing global supply chain issues, and the hugely volatile market.

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