15,000T Transport Performed on Cometto SPMT’s

February 2, 2020 | Oil & Gas | Energy Facts Staff Writer | 3min

Company Sangsangin Ship Machinery Co., Ltd used 318 axle lines of Cometto MSPE EVO2. It’s the world’s largest project ever done on self-propelled modular trailers by Cometto.

Transport of rotating crane girders of a goliath crane
A huge cube of orange painted steel reached out of the port area in TongYeong, South Korea. A really unusual and stunning sight, even for the highly experienced operations team. The crane manufacturer Sangsangin Ship Machinery Co., Ltd, formerly known as DMC, in South Korea built this huge construction.

It was ordered to manufacture drill ships for one of the largest oil companies. The gigantic project of transporting and rotating girders of the goliath crane was carried out in March and April 2019.

Shipment to Singapore
The crane girders were loaded on a barge by means of the Cometto MSPE EVO2 modular transporters with a payload capacity of 60t per axle line. After this operation, they were shipped from South Korea to Singapore. When the two crane girders with the impressive dimensions of 182 m long, 21 m wide, 30 m high and a total weight of 15,000 tons came alongside the jetty, they had to be turned by 90 degrees on the barge to facilitate installation of the crane at the shipyard.

Cometto stated it was a very demanding job that required precise engineering and thorough preparation. 53 units of 6-axle MSPE EVO2 formed a total of 318 axle lines. They were propelled by 13 Power Pack units to turn the ginormous crane girders and carried out this amazing job successfully.

70t payload per axle line
According to Sangsangin Ship Machinery Co., Ltd, the goliath crane with the girders has been completed end 2019 and the Cometto MSPE EVO2 modular transporters played a vital role in setting up the crane at the shipyard until then.

On a global scale, heavy industries including shipbuilding build more and more very big and specialized cargoes and vessels. Cometto put a great effort into the development of the MSPE EVO series to meet this specific market demand. The last years, a large number of these self-propelled trailers have also been supplied to the Korean market.

With the EVO3 series, Cometto has the most powerful concept in the market within its range, allowing up to 70t payload per axle line! Cometto has provided worldwide customers with these highly efficient transport solutions and will continue its growth strategy in this segment.