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Lars Christian Zøhner strives toward constant improvement. out any problems. We get a lot of feed-back from clients and passengers. We use the information to improve our service as to me it is all a question of our passengers We offer another way of getting to work in an easy and safe way. That is why we all have to be well prepared and to base our activities on doing things, and our con- the vast experience in maritime operations we have accu- mulated,” states Lars Zøhher, who is looking forward to cept was to spot any new extending the business in the years to come. opportunity. We did not “In Esbjerg we cannot make a living only from cutting want to be a taxi company, as each other’s hair, we have to focus on the big world. We like to be close to our clients - a lesson we learnt during such ones were there already, our frst couple of years. That is why we have our own but we are servicing the last staff seated with our clients in a country like for instance Germany, but we are not afraid of moving further away. 10% of the market where you It is just a question of fnding the right partner. In the near future we are planning to start up in the UK where work under quite different we shall either buy a company or get established on conditions. We simply be- our own. Actually, we work in two ways. Naturally, it is a question of having contracts for our vessels now and lieve in being able to transfer here, but we assist the energy companies, too, in defn- ing their jobs for 2018-20. That is a thing we have learnt personnel under worse con- in the wind business. It is more long-term focused than ditions than anybody else. oil and gas, and if we do not look ahead, others will take our jobs,” contemplates Lars Christian Zøhner, who is not scared by a bit of choppy seas. ■ 21 / WHEN WAVES RUN HIGH