Kockums Crane

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The Kockums Crane in around the mid-1970s
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The crane in February 2000

The Kockums Crane (Template:Langx) is a Script error: No such module "convert".[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 could lift Script error: No such module "convert".. The gauge of crane's rails was Script error: No such module "convert". and the rail length Script error: No such module "convert"..[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

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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 Script error: No such module "convert". was subsequently erected nearby. The two cranes share a common working area. "Tears of Malmö" is the more southern of the two.[3][4]

See also

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References

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External links

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