Ben Goss is an international maritime arbitrator with a commercial background in shipping. Ben has accepted over 200 arbitration appointments since 2018 and written over 50 awards.

A Chartered Shipbroker, Ben has been a Member of the Baltic Exchange since 2000 and has over 25 years of experience in chartering bulk carriers, tankers, and offshore support vessels; the carriage of goods; the sale & purchase of second-hand vessels; contracting newbuilds; ship finance and leasing.

With a BA (Hons) in Business & Law, Ben is educated in all aspects of English law, including contract law and the sale of goods. Instead of Law School, Ben opted for a career in the commercial world of international shipping and spent 22 years from 1997 to 2019 as a shipbroker with AP Moller-Maersk and Maersk Broker in the UK, USA, Greece and Denmark. From 2019 to 2021, Ben provided consultancy services to RMK Maritime, a company that provides capital raising and financial advisory services exclusively to the maritime industry, before becoming a full-time arbitrator in 2021.

Ben accepts appointments in disputes arising from all maritime-related contracts, including charter parties, bills of lading, contracts of affreightment, sale & purchase, and ship-building contracts, and is familiar with all the main standard contract forms, including MYBA and the NYPE Inter-Club Agreement.

Ben is also a CEDR-Accredited, IMI-Qualified mediator.

Representing Maritime London, Ben was part of the Working Group tasked with drafting the Maritime UK Offshore Wind Plan, published in March 2023.