Sjótækni's new work boat, Valur, arrived in Iceland this weekend and was hoisted from the deck of a cargo ship in Berufjörður on Sunday. The CEO of Sjótækni, Kjartan J. Hauksson, received the boat together with the employees of Sjótækni, Guðbjartur Ásgeirsson, service manager and Marteinn Þór Ásgeirsson, fleet manager. They then sailed the boat to the harbour in Djúpivogur where oil was taken and then they set off for the Westman Islands, which was the first stage on the way west to Tálknafjörður. Kjartan is the captain of the voyage, Marteinn the chief mate and Guðbjartur the chief engineer. The boat had proved successful in this first voyage off the coast of Iceland and the voyage to Eyjar went well despite the bad weather conditions on the way.
Valur is a powerful workboat that can service the aquaculture facilities and work on the installation of new pens and their attachments as well as various other projects that Sjótækni deals with. The work boat is a Catamaran NABCAT 1510 DD from Moen Marin in Norway and is 15 m long and 10 m wide. The work boat is double-hulled and equipped with powerful engines as well as cranes and equipment for setting up and stretching system mounts for docks. There are good facilities for the crew on board and the crew did well in this first voyage of the boat from Djúpivogur to the Westman Islands. The plan is to sail the boat to Reykjavík and from there west to Tálknafjörður as soon as the weather allows. As soon as Valur comes west, he goes on a project in Dýrafjörður for Arctic fish.