Declan Bush
Senior Reporter
Former Lloyd’s List’s sustainability editor Declan rejoined us in August 2023 as senior reporter. Between his Lloyd’s List tours of duty, Declan covered distressed debt as a reporter with Reorg, an industry-leading financial newswire. He has also written for legal trade press and, before that, newspapers in his native Western Australia. When not checking the news, Declan plays guitar in London's blues music scene and buys more books than will ever have time to read.
Latest From Declan Bush
It takes a lot of CO2 to capture CO2
More findings from Singapore’s Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation’s ‘Project Captured’ highlight the trouble of counting the entire lifecycle emissions reduced by onboard carbon capture
IMO prepares for its next foul play
Shipping is making headway in stopping invasive critters hitching a ride on ship hulls. But potential fixes can also muddy the waters, legally as well as literally
Maritime Single Windows slow to install
Almost everyone agrees the IMO’s Maritime Single Window initiative will make ship clearances faster, easier and more efficient. But making it happen worldwide is challenging
Price hikes from greener shipping would be manageable, report finds
Modelling found total costs of meeting the IMO’s base emissions targets would increase costs by 50% by 2040 using bio options, and by 120% using e-fuels
Battery-powered ships are charging ahead
Marine batteries are getting bigger, better and cheaper, with more orders to power ferries and even chemical tankers announced this week
Regulation: Net-Zero Framework faces long odds
The IMO’s global carbon regulation is unlikely to be approved, at least as written. But 2026 will see countries start to tackle its underlying challenges in earnest