Sheffield’s Bestobell Marine wins major contract with South Korea

Sheffield-based Bestobell Marine, a global manufacturer of cryogenic valves, has secured an order for its cryogenic globe and check valves for the second LNG carrier in the Yamal series of vessels being built at DSME shipyard in South Korea.

Following on from winning the contract to supply cryogenic valves to the first vessel that will be owned and operated by Russian company Sovcomflot, Bestobell Marine are now contracted to supply the second Yamal vessel, which will be owned and operated by Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL).

This will be used as a “test” vessel to see how the ship and on-board equipment perform in Siberian winter sea conditions. There will be a total of fifteen ships built in this series for three different owners: MOL, Teekay (Canada) and Dynagas (Greece) in what is currently the largest single series of LNG carriers on order.

Bestobell Marine’s cryogenic globe and check valves will be used in the cargo handling system on the vessel, including the main discharge line throttling valves that control the initial flow of LNG from the cargo tanks when pumping first starts. The on-deck valves will be subject to extreme sub-zero temperatures, operating in temperatures as low as -54 degrees centigrade, with Bestobell’s cryogenic valves operating as low as -196 deg cent.

In addition, Bestobell Marine recently obtaining full type approval from the main four international Class Societies for its range of Globe and Check cryogenic valves. Here, DNV-GL. Lloyds Register, Bureau Veritas and American Bureau of Shipping all approved Bestobell’s valves for use in cryogenic marine applications, which includes valves used in cargo systems on LNG carriers and bunker vessels, LNG fuel gas systems, LNG regasification systems and LNG reliquefaction systems.

Bestobell Marine’s cryogenic globe valves are fully firesafe and leak-free, as they are based on a design that has been in use for over a decade in LNG ship applications. The company has over 35,000 cryogenic valves fitted on ships and has recently developed a brand new range of high pressure globe valves that are fitted in LNG fuel gas systems for MAN ME-GI engines, where natural gas is injected into the engine at over 300bar pressure.

Bestobell Marine is a division of Bestobell Valves, which manufactures LNG cryogenic valves. Bestobell’s valves are used on LNG Carriers, Floating Production & Storage Units and FSRUs (Floating, Storage & Re-gasification Units). The company designs and produces valves to meet specific requirements in the marine sector and has supplied cryogenic valves to a majority of the major shipyards building LNG Carriers.

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