Cometto – Move it magazine

30th March 202230th March 2022

Al Faris deploys new Cometto SPMT fleet

One of the major players in heavy lifting and transportation in the Middle East region, the Al Faris Group, further expanded its heavy haulage fleet with the addition of 64 self-propelled MSPE axle lines from Cometto with an axle load of 48 tons, four 331kW Power Pack Units and numerous accessories. Their first successful missions …

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18th March 202218th March 2022

The Eco1000 moving helper

EAH company relied on a 4-axle Eco1000 with a power pack integrated under the loading platform to handle the transport of a 120-ton press with flying colours in the factory hall of a supplier for vehicle manufacturers. “The winding hall system in particular is quite a challenge. And the aisles are narrow, which is why …

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16th February 202216th February 2022

430-ton bridge moves with Cometto

A 430-ton bridge is being moved at Plaidt in the Rhineland Palatinate, Western Germany, and Markus Meckelholt, SPMT operator at Autokrane Schares, shares with us his day full of movements. “My biggest assignment so far,” he says, summing up the day ahead. Representatives of the project initiators, the press, local politicians and neighbouring businesses want …

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2nd November 20212nd November 2021

Mammoet and Cometto join forces

The Engineered Heavy Lifting and Transport specialist Mammoet now also uses Cometto MSPE as new type and brand in their worldwide self-propelled modular trailer fleet. A first mission is being carried out in the United Kingdom with 84 axle lines for moving jacket structures weighing between 1,850 and 2,300 tons. The new collaboration between Cometto …

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2nd March 20212nd March 2021

Cometto SPMTs facing another challenge

Cometto SPMT self-propelled modular transporters have been used to complete a task for the German company Schares which is currently working on a project at the Th. Winkels in Kleve. The site conditions at the specialist for container and equipment manufacturing only allows the use of a narrow transport vehicle. Thanks to their 2.43 metre …

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22nd February 202122nd February 2021

Cometto involved in APCO Technologies latest project

APCO Technologies SA has successfully completed the Factory Acceptance Test for the Upper Composite Trailer. This complex system, which is as huge as a tennis court and weighs 180 tons, will be used at the Centre Spatial Guyanais to safely transfer the Ariane 6 Upper Composite with the Payloads, from the Assembly Building to the …

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27th January 202127th January 2021

Cometto SPMT ensures transport for a power plant project in Ivory Coast

Bolloré Transport & Logistics has transported 900 tons of equipment for the construction of phase 4 of the Azito power plant in Ivory Coast. Including among others a turbine and a generator, that were moved by Marine Maroc on their Cometto SPMT as 8+8 axles side-by-side configuration. After a long travel, the heavyweight elements arrived …

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24th November 202024th November 2020

Faymonville completes its ModulMAX vehicle range and includes self-propelled trailers with electronic steering

As a final step to offer a wide heavy duty range on the market, Faymonville has completed its ModulMAX vehicle series and has included self-propelled trailers with electronic steering.This variety is designed to ensure users to perform their heavy haul projects in the best conditions. The Faymonville ModulMAX is a series of combinable transport modules …

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20th November 202020th November 2020

Cometto Eco1000: an ace up the sleeve

Schares has invested in two new Eco1000 transporters from Cometto to transport bridge elements in Oberhausen, Germany. It was the company's premiere in the self-propelled segment. The first six of a total of eleven bridge elements had to be moved by Schares in a night-time operation. To lift the bridge elements, the ideal transport solution …

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1st April 20201st April 2020

Additional 56 Cometto MSPE axle lines for Nippon Express

Cometto has delivered 56 Cometto MSPE axle lines to the Japanese industry giant Nippon Express. This shipment was the final lot of their recent order of self-propelled vehicles, offering an additional payload capacity of more than 3400 t. The latest delivery included 8 axle lines type MSPE 40t and 48 axle lines type MSPE EVO3 …

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