Declan Bush
Multimedia Editor
Former Lloyd’s List sustainability editor Declan re-joined us in August 2023 as multimedia editor, overseeing our daily news and other digital output. 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
What LNG fuel’s rise and fall in Norway tells us about green fuel policy
Researchers from the University College London Energy Institute looked at Norway’s LNG industry from 1985 to 2015 to find lessons in how to start making zero-carbon ship fuels, and where in the UK this could be done
More green ships doesn’t mean more green shipping, yet
Zemba’s recent work on market readiness for e-fuels reveals more bad news for zero-carbon shipping
Shipping’s talent shortage extends ashore
Industry leaders are worried who will replace them in the office, while they seek out seafarers able to work on more complicated ship types and grapple with training costs
Net zero in doubt but progress is being made, brokers told
Decarbonisation is still the industry’s biggest challenge and net zero by 2050 looks doubtful, industry bosses told the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
Black carbon regulation back on the cards at IMO
Countries have voiced support for developing a polar fuel standard, which green groups hope will mean progress on black carbon after a decade in the regulatory long grass
Ruby owner complains of media beat-up
The Ruby’s owners said media speculation and resulting prejudice over its ammonium nitrate cargo were stopping the ship from finding a port and getting fixed