It was built in 1973–74 and could lift 1,500 tonnes (1,476 long tons; 1,653 short tons). The gauge of crane's rails was 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]
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]
^ ab"Kockumskranen under nedmontering" [disassembly Kockums Crane]. industrihistoriaiskane.se (in Swedish). Föreningen Industrihistoria i Skåne. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^"Picture of "Tears of Malmö"" (in Korean). Taken from „Hwaam Chu Deungdae“ (Korean: 화암추등대) lighthouse: Google Maps. July 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2022.