Mediator Biography Captain John D Owen Director: Bernicia Marine Consultants Limited
Professional background Current • Director / Bernicia Marine Consultants Limited - January 2016 • Specialist area of experience: day to day operational and technical management and adjustment of admiralty, cargo, hull & machinery, salvage and pollution related claims - liaising with ship owners / brokers / charterers / claimants / legal and technical advisors • Trustee to Astrolabe Community Trust - ‘RENA’ grounding in New Zealand
Previous • Senior Claims Manager / The Swedish Club - Sept 2008 / December 2015 • Claims Executive / Senior Claims Executive - North of England P&I 1990~2007 • Greek Office Deputy Manager - North of England P&I - 2000 - 2002 • Master Mariner (Class 1) Deck with 16 years’ experience at sea on all types of vessels including 12 years on LPG/tankers with 5 years in command – worldwide trade
Dispute Resolution Experience • CEDR Accredited Mediator – February 2003 • CEDR Certificate in Advanced Negotiation - February 2011 & November 2017 • First practical experience of mediation in 1995 (a major jet fuel contamination claim) • 26 years’ day-to-day administration and technical management of P&I and marine hull claims • 2008 – Established Borders Mediation • Mediation - several matters including, but not limited to: • Multiparty shipping related operational and technical disputes, worldwide • Timber supply contract • Super yacht construction / technical and costs penalty evaluation • Bulk Chemical / Road Haulage partnership agreement • Fuel oil contamination / delivery / delay claims worldwide • Solicitor’s negligence / Ship supply dispute / unpaid duties • Marine / property / technical assessment of repair costs / project management • Rail infrastructure / acquisition and merger dispute • Multi jurisdiction / limitation value marine claims • Indigenous people / cultural evaluation (New Zealand)
January 2019
Membership of Professional Organisations • Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) Panel Member • Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre (EMAC) Panel Member • Mediate.com – listed panel • 2019 – Supporting Member - London Maritime Arbitrators Association (LMAA) • Member of Scottish Mediation & Former Chairman of the Board of Scottish Mediation Network (2007) • Member of the Energy Institute - MEI (Formerly the Institute of Petroleum)
Training • Ongoing personal development (CPD), participation in various ADR topics both marine and non-marine • Development of training initiatives & technical familiarisation for the marine industry
Personal • 61 years old / married / grown up family • Educated in North East England and at South Shields Marine and Technical College • Resident in UK - Northumberland • Owner of a smallholding in the English / Scottish Borders • When time permits - leisure interests include walking, sailing, rugby union and scuba diving • 2015 – Established Bernicia Marine Consultants Limited
Contact Details:
Bernicia Marine Consultants Limited Tel: +44 191 645 0298 Low Byrness Cottage Mob: +44 7437 408 663 Otterburn Fax: +44 845 280 3416
Newcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom E-Mail : [email protected] NE19 1TF or [email protected]
January 2019