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
Carbon-pricing majority holds at IMO, but big questions remain unresolved
The IMO’s latest greenhouse gas working group meeting has ended with mixed results for the Net-Zero Framework, with voting patterns mostly unchanged on the most divisive points
Biofuels could change US minds on IMO deal
The US remains implacably against a carbon tax for global shipping. But some sources think a global fuel standard that helps biofuels — and by extension American farmers — could tempt Washington to reconsider its fire-and-fury approach
NGOs question ‘negotiable’ compliance under Japan’s IMO plan
RMI, Transport & Environment and the Clean Shipping Coalition warn the plan would undermine green fuel investment and create governance loopholes
Baltic consultation shows little support for MEG index changes
The Baltic Exchange will stick to the status quo on Middle East Gulf freight benchmarks for the time being, after long-awaited consultation feedback highlighted concerns with its proposed changes
UAE files last-minute NZF alternative plan
The United Arab Emirates has filed a last-minute plan to replace the Net-Zero Framework, which would set ambitious climate targets but would forgo a carbon price