HHI builds first underwater LNG tanks

The world's largest shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries in Korea has built the world's first underwater LNG tanks. Each measures 155 metres in length and weighs 4,800 tones. The order was placed last year by ExxonMobil, and the tanks can store up to 260,000 cubic meters of LNG.

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