FOCUS ON SOUTH HUMBER KURT CHRISTENSEN
Throughout all these issues of Wind Energy Network, I have had the pleasure of meeting some fascinating and extremely interesting characters within this industry, many of whom hide their light under a bushel, and I for one am delighted to be able to be the 'mouthpiece' as it were, to bring them to the fore and enlighten their expertise and the importance of their skills which they bring to this sector.
chariSmatic With a capital K!!! My next guest is Kurt Christensen – charismatic with a capital K!!! A gentleman with a very interesting story to bestow, no doubt on a couple of occasions he may well cringe when he reads this scribe, as one of self-effacing modesty, but I tell it as it is!
HALCYON DAYS
He remembers it vividly – 7th March 1957 when his father, a Danish trawler skipper and his mother and brother set sail to begin a new life in England, aged 3. It was a brave move, but one that promised prosperity as in those days Grimsby had a flourishing fleet of over 500 fishing ships, including Danish and local, today there are only 9.
It was possibly a foregone conclusion that Kurt would become the man he is today, a pending ‘page the oracle’ for at the tender age of 15, having left school he was an invaluable help to the crews of the Danish boats.
He was the ‘errand boy’ in the know; becoming a skippers-runner, performing all manner of duties, from requisition repairs, to liaising with engineering companies to acquiring every tin of Quality Street on the market for the crew to take home to their families! Those days were to become what has been an invaluable foundation, setting the course for the rest of his career.
IN THE BLOOD
With saltwater in his blood and a successful career as a fish auctioneer for 43 years (of which he thrived) his extensive experience of fishing and the waters, his boats, (Wind Ambition, Wind Solution and Support 1) and of course contacts and knowledge of the locale, Kurt became ‘the man in the know’ who people would seek out to ask.
FEATURE SPONSOR
WIND POWER SUPPORT (aliaS ‘page the oracle!’)
It was in 2008 and the advent of the wind industry that Kurt realised there was potential for his expertise, lending support to companies in the offshore sector ... and so begins Wind Power Support, his company providing a wide range of services within the maritime industry.
FLOATING HOTEL
In the early days (when he was also a vessel agent) he recounts that he was approached by a client at 5 in the morning to undertake assistance with a new project which would be a world first!
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