vulnerable to the actions of the regulator, was his desire to come alongside struggling fishing and marine businesses and guide and mentor them from noncompliance to compliance, from being indifferent operators to good operators.
During 2012 he underwent major heart surgery (‘replumbing’ was his description) but this failed to slow him down. After a few weeks rest and he was as busy as ever. He was a font of knowledge and support to operators across the length and breadth of New Zealand, and the industry felt it very keenly that a surveyor of his depth of experience and knowledge and empathy was excluded from the industry.
But lest I give you the skewed impression of the man, Terry was quick to inform those of his clients who let him down in pithy, and succinct terms as to where they had strayed ... and his background as a ship’s engineer allowed him to come up with some very creative and colorful descriptions of people that he had little regard for. I cannot repeat his accurate and descriptive characterisations of some Maritime New Zealand staff, and those who crossed him. On the other hand, one of Terry’s greatest compliments to someone was to refer to a person as “He or she is good people”. High praise indeed from a man who left big footprints across the marine industry and who was in his own words ‘good people’.
Ultimately Terry and Jean won the battle to keep Survey Nelson alive, but lost the war as the personal and financial toll on him cost him his safe ship management business and his connection to the people and vessels that he served so well.
Terry had a strongly developed and stubborn sense of justice and injustice which carried him through the Survey Nelson litigation. He also had strong opinions on everything (not all of which were correct) and was a natural leader and mentor. He exhibited a willingness to reach out and help others without counting the personal cost, and an un-swerving loyalty to his friends and colleagues.
Those very qualities allowed Terry to pick himself up off the floor after the Survey Nelson marine survey business came to an end, and start a very successful hazardous equipment survey business, including boilers, cranes, welding and the like. In this role, he continued to mentor younger surveyors in their profession and will be sorely missed.
He was taken too soon, and the maritime industry is a less colorful place for his passing.
Peter Dawson, Dawson & Associates, New Zealand
IIMS WEB SITE MAPPING – FINDING AN IIMS MEMBER JUST GOT EASIER!
Earlier this year, IIMS launched a new benefit for its members. With immediate effect each IIMS surveyor’s web site listing can now be searched by geographic location using one of the new regional online maps we have created. The world has been divided into the following areas: Africa, Australasia, Europe, Middle East, Asia, United Kingdom, The Americas. So finding an IIMS member has become even easier.
From our research, it became apparent that often people use the search facility to find a surveyor local to them. This new innovation makes that simple to do. Every member is now represented on the maps with a unique red coloured pin by location. When hovered over, the pin shows the name of the member. When opened by clicking, it reveals the surveyor’s telephone number and specialisations (where appropriate).
Africa:
bit.ly/2kxKv3m
Australasia:
bit.ly/2kuenxJ Middle East:
bit.ly/2z9vtWg
United Kingdom:
bit.ly/2kweNDM
Asia:
bit.ly/2CP86Dp Europe:
bit.ly/2kx4fEp
The Americas:
bit.ly/2z8r4T7
26 | The Report • March 2018 • Issue 83
Member News
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