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Alexander with a diving harness and air cylinder on his back

Arnór adjusting to the diving gear on board Kafari BA

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Sjótækni has in collaboration with Tálknafjarðarskóli received students for a job presentation this autumn. The last two Wednesdays Alexander and Arnór came to visit us.

We introduced them to the company's activities and showed them tools and equipment for various uses. Among other things, Mariusz, one of our divers, showed them the equipment used by the divers and how it worked. Then captain Marteinn went with them on board the Assa and showed them the ship and what was being done there on board. The second Wednesday, the boys were taken to Bíldudalur and invited on board Kafari BA, where the employees of Sjótækni were working on pipes in Bíldudalshöfn. Kjartan J. Hauksson, CEO of Sjótækni, showed them the work and allowed them to measure the belts and cylinders that the divers wear when they work in diving. We at Sjótækni thank Arnór and Alexander for coming and hope they enjoyed the visit.

Ólöf, Berglind and Ola in a job presentation at Sjótækni

The girls got to try out the pressure chamber at Sjótækni

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Tálknafjarðarskóli started a collaboration with a company in Tálknafjörður last winter which gives school children a job presentations where they get to know the companies' activities and the projects that are being worked on in each company. Due to COVID-19, these visits were cancelled last winter but resumed in the autumn.

We here at Sjótækni received the first group at the beginning of September when Berglind, Ola and Ólöf came to us. They were introduced to the company's activities and shown tools and equipment for various uses. Among other things, they were shown the divers' equipment and the pressure chamber owned by Sjótækni and they were allowed to go inside to see it better. During the second visit, they were invited on board Assa BA, one of Sjótækni's ships that lay at the pier in Tálknafjörður. There, Kjartan J. Hauksson, the CEO, greeted them and showed them the ship and introduced the girls to the projects that the ship should be used for and showed them, among other things, fibre optic cables that are to be laid east of the fjords in the near future. We at Sjótækni thank Berglind, Ola and Ólöf for coming and hope they enjoyed the visit with us.

Assa sailing in Tálknafjörður

Assa sailing up to the pier in Tálknafjörður

Guðbjartur Ásgeirsson, Sjótækni's project and service manager, receives the mooring from Kjartan J. Hauksson, Sjótækni's CEO. Gunnar Kristinsson, engineer on this trip, is watching.

Marteinn Þór Ásgeirsson was the chief helmsman of Assa.

Assa sailing near Reykjavík, Viðey in the background.

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In recent months, work has been done to fix up a ship owned by Sjótækni ehf. in Tálknafjörður as a comprehensive work and dredging vessel. The ship is named Assa BA and was previously owned by Olíudreifing hf and was at that time named Laugarnes.

Assa arrived at its home port in Tálknafjörður on Saturday 05.09.2020 after stopping in Reykjavík Harbour to pick up a fibre optic cable that is to be laid in Berufjörður in the East Fjords. Assa is 41.28 m long and 371 gross tons in size. It was built in 1978 and was used in oil transportation to Greenland before it was bought in Iceland for oil transportation here.

Assa is the largest ship registered in Tálknafjörður. Together with Assa, Sjótækni ehf. operates four other boats that are used in services to fish farming companies and for submarine cables, as well as other projects that Sjótækni undertakes. Kjartan J. Hauksson, CEO and one of the owners of Sjótækni, was pleased to have the ship in its home port ready for projects.

The intention is to use Assa in various projects for Sjótækni, such as laying submarine cables, dredging projects and other projects that may arise.