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Ben Goss takes pride in providing professional, impartial and efficient dispute prevention and resolution services with honesty, objectivity and integrity.
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Ben Goss BA (Hons) FICS FCIArb
Maritime Arbitrator, Mediator and Chartered Shipbroker
Ben Goss is a commercial (non-lawyer) Arbitrator and CMC Registered, CEDR Accredited Mediator with a strong commercial background in shipping.
A Chartered Shipbroker, Ben is a pro-active and seasoned negotiator with excellent inter-personal skills and cross-cultural awareness, who is experienced in the chartering of bulk carriers, tankers and offshore supply vessels; the carriage of goods; the sale & purchase of second-hand vessels; the contracting of newbuildings; ship finance and leasing.
Educated in Law with a BA (Hons) in Business & Law, Ben chose a career in the commercial world of ship broking and spent 22 years from 1997 to 2019 with AP Moller-Maersk and Maersk Broker in the UK, USA, Greece and Denmark; and was Managing Director of Maersk Broker UK from 2013-2019. Ben is now a Director of RMK Maritime (Europe) Ltd, a company which provides advisory and capital raising services to the maritime industry. This is a part-time role enabling Ben to simultaneously develop his Dispute Practice.
Qualifications & Memberships
- Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (FICS)
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
- CMC Registered & CEDR Accredited Mediator
- Member of the Baltic Exchange
- Aspiring Full Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA)
- Member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF)
- Member of the London Shipping Law Centre (LSLC)
- Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights
- Alumni of the AP Moller-Maersk Graduate International Shipping Education (MISE) program
- BA (Hons) Business & Law
Experience
- Oct 2019 onwards: Director of RMK (Europe) Ltd, London
- 2013-2019: Managing Director, Maersk Broker (UK) Ltd
- 2009-2013: Director, Tankers, Newbuildings & Sale & Purchase, Maersk Broker K/S, Denmark
- 2005-2009: General Manager, Maersk Broker America, USA
- 2004-2005: Manager, Maersk Broker Hellas, Greece
- 2001-2004: Shipbroker, Maersk Broker (UK) Ltd, London
- 1999-2001: Intermodal Service, Design & Planning, Maersk-Railvan, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- 1997-1999: Maersk (MISE) graduate program, UK