Kockums Crane

Kockums Crane

The Kockums Crane (or Kockumskranen in Swedish) was a 138-metre-tall crane, formerly of the Swedish shipyard Kockums in Malmö. It was built in 1973–1974 and capable of lifting 1500 tonnes. The rail width was 175 metres, the rail length 710 metres. The crane was used to build approximately 75 ships. Its last use in Malmö was in 1997, when it was used to lift the foundations of the high pillars of the Oresund 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 in South Korea, after being sold to Hyundai Heavy Industries for the price of $1.cite news |author=Kyung Bok Cho |title=Korean Shipbuilders Hold Off China on Pricier Orders |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aDm.5.mEHJnU |work=Bloomberg |date=2007-05-09 |accessdate=2007-05-09] The Koreans have dubbed the crane "Tears of Malmoe", due to the notion that the residents of Malmö wept when they saw their crane being towed away.

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External links

* [http://www.varvshistoria.se/kranens-webbsida/bilder.htm Pictures of dismantling before shipment to Ulsan]
* http://foto.localhost.nu/kockumskranen - Photo gallery
* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=kockumskranen Videos showing the dismantling]


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