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Parker Bestobell secures full type approval from KR for cryogenic valves

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Parker Bestobell has announced that it has secured full type approval from the Korean Register of Shipping (KR) for its range of cryogenic globe and check valves for use on board ships. The company’s valves are widely used on LNG carriers, floating storage regasification units (FSRUs) and LNG fuel gas systems.

The type approval has come on the back of a number of projects that the company is involved in for KR-registered ships, and in recognition of the increasing use of KR to class LNG carriers constructed in Asian shipyards.

The Market Development Manager at Parker Bestobell, Duncan Gaskin, said: “It is very exciting to receive full type approval with the Korean Register of Shipping and we have developed an excellent working relationship with them. South Korea is a very important market for us, due to its large shipbuilding industry and we have seen an increase in vessels being classed by KR. Securing type approval with them will enable us to continue to develop both our industrial and marine business in this region.”

Having type approval enables Parker Bestobell to carry out cryogenic testing in line with KR requirements and witnessed by one of its class surveyors, to make sure that the valves are able to perform in cryogenic conditions without leakage. In addition to this, the company also carries 100% ambient testing for all of its cryogenic globe and check valves, in order to ensure that they are completely leakage-free.

Edited from press release by David Rowlands

Read the article online at: https://www.lngindustry.com/lng-shipping/12092016/parker-bestobell-secures-full-type-approval-from-kr-for-cryogenic-valves-3039/

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