Kockums Crane
Gantry crane
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The Kockums Crane (Swedish: Kockumskranen) is a 140-metre (459 ft)[1] high gantry crane in the Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea.[2] It was originally used at the Kockums shipyard in Malmö, Sweden.
History
It was built in 1973–74 and can lift 1,500 tonnes (1,476 long tons; 1,653 short tons). The gauge of crane's rails is 174 metres (571 ft) and the rail length 710 metres (2,329 ft).[1] The crane was used to build about 75 ships. Its last use in Malmö was in mid-1997, when it lifted the foundations of the high pillars of the Öresund Bridge.
The crane was first sold in the early 1990s to the Danish company Burmeister & Wain but the company went bankrupt before the crane could be moved.
The crane was a landmark of Malmö from its time of construction until its dismantling in the summer of 2002, when it was shipped to Ulsan, after being sold to Hyundai Heavy Industries for $1.[2] The Koreans have dubbed the crane 말뫼의 눈물 (Tears of Malmö), because the residents of Malmö reportedly wept when they saw their crane being towed away.[2]
Locations
Former location: 55.6144615°N 12.9896602°E ("Kockums Crane")
Today's location: 35.4772042°N 129.4049405°E ("Tears of Malmö")
At Ulsan the crane is located on a tongue of land within the Bangeo-dong quarter right at the mouth of the Taehwa River. Additionally a second gantry crane with a lifting capacity of 1,600 tonnes (1,575 long tons; 1,764 short tons) was subsequently erected nearby. The two cranes share a common working area. "Tears of Malmö" is the more southern of the two.[3][4]
