BV B Shipbuilding Steel

Grade BV B is a kind of high tensile strength shipbuilding steel. Grade B marine steel, BV B shipbuilding steel is with a specified minimum yield point of 34ksi (235MPa). Shanghai Katalor can offer BV B shipbuilding steel with various sizes, shapes and large inventory. BV Grade B shipbuilding Steel plates, bars, angle steel, bulb flats offered by Katalor Industry can be certificated by Bureau Veritas (BV).

Main Classification Society:

American Bureau of Shipping: ABS
Bureau Veritas: BV
China Classification Society: CCS
Det Norske Veritas: DNV
Germanischer Lloyd: GL.
Korean Register of Shipping: KR
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: LR
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai: NK
Registro Italiano Navale : RINA

BV B Steel Plates Specification:

Thickness: 4mm to 260mm,
Width: 1200mm to 4000mm
Length: 3000mm to 18000mm.

BV B Shipbuilding Steel Equivalent

ABS	BV	CCS	DNV	GL	KR	LR	NK	RINA
ABS B	BV B	CCS B	DNV B	GL B	KR B	LR B	NK B	RINA B

BV B Shipbuilding Steel Chemical Requirements (%)

Grade	C max	Si max	Mn min	P max	S max	C+Mn/6
BV B	0.21	0.35	0.60	0.035	0.035	0.40

BV Grade B Shipbuilding Steel Tensile Requirements

Grade	Yield Strength (Mpa)	Tensile Strength (MPa)	Elongation in 8 in. [200mm] (%)	Elongation in 2 in. [50mm] (%)	Test Temperature(°C)
BV B	235	400-520	21	24	20

Shipbuilding steel plate BV Grade B is the Hull structural steel, marine steel. BV Grade B marine steel plate has good toughness properties, higher strength, strong corrosion-resistance, the processing properties, and welding properties. In the steel standard ASTM A131/A131M, offshore steel Grade ASTM A131 B is the best equivalent steel grade with BV Grade B.