Kockumskranen

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Kockumskranen as it appeared in February 2000

Kockumskranen (Kockums crane) 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. It was however never used much because of the Swedish shipyard crisis of the late 1970s and 1980s. It was used the last time in 1997 for lifting the foundations of the high pillars of the Oresund Bridge. The crane was a landmark of Malmö from its time of construction until its dismantling to be shipped to Ulsan in South Korea in summer 2002.

The crane was sold the first time in the early 1990s to the Danish company Burmeister & Wain, but the company went bankrupt before the crane could be moved. It was later sold to the South Korean company Hyundai Heavy Industries.