Ben Goss is a commercial (non-lawyer) arbitrator, mediator, Chartered Shipbroker, and member of the Baltic Exchange since 2000.

Ben has 25 years’ experience in the chartering of bulk carriers, tankers, and offshore support vessels; the carriage of goods; the sale & purchase of second-hand vessels; the contracting of 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. Ben was Head of Tankers/S&P/ Newbuilds at Maersk Broker K/S, Denmark from 2009 to 2013 and Managing Director of Maersk Broker UK from 2013 to 2019. 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 has accepted over 70 appointments since commencing his practice in 2018, and accepts appointments in relation to disputes arising from all manner of maritime related contracts including charterparties, bills of lading, contracts of affreightment, sale and purchase contracts and ship building contracts. Recent cases include but are not limited to: - final accounting differences, laytime & demurrage, offhire, crane breakdown, bunker quality, condition on redelivery, redelivery notices, open berth/port, delay claims, cargo claims and the NYPE Interclub Agreement.