Skangas announced that won the framework agreement for supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG), to the offshore patrol vessel Turva and icebreaker Polaris for 2017–2019. The agreement has option for two additional years. The tendering process was organized by the Finnish government central purchasing body, Hansel Ltd.
“Our competitive tendering process has helped achieve a framework arrangement that works well in this developing market, with suppliers as well as client needs taken into consideration. The framework arrangement enables government organizations to source LNG with a high level of supply security and with consideration for responsibility aspects. LNG is an environmentally friendly shipping fuel,” says Jesse Ruotsalainen, Category Manager, Hansel.
The company informed that also supplied LNG to the offshore patrol vessel Turva and the icebreaker Polaris during the previous agreement period and performed a total of 600 LNG bunkering operations in the Nordic countries last year.