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
What to expect from ISWG-GHG22 on a global carbon price for shipping
The first of two IMO greenhouse gas working group meetings starts on September 1, before carbon-pricing fireworks resume at MEPC85 later in the year. How much progress is possible?
DNV finds uneven progress and uncertain future in shipping decarbonisation
DNV Maritime chief executive Cristina Saenz de Santa Maria has welcomed the growing orderbook in alternative-fuel tonnage. But the class society’s latest energy transition forecast shows little energy transition underway
Shortage of naval architects, marine engineers will challenge US nuclear ambitions
The people who will design, license, build, crew, inspect, insure and respond to nuclear-powered commercial ships are too few, and providing the instructors, curricula and facilities to train them will take years, the US Maritime Administration was told
Core Power to work with US Marad on nuclear-powered ships
The UK maritime nuclear start-up will work on a regulatory framework, and on the vast ecosystem that would be needed to enable nuclear shipping
Biomethane’s role in green shipping hangs in the (mass) balance
Bio-LNG could be a significant transition fuel for shipping, but only if the IMO allows for mass balancing in emissions accounting, according to the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
What are the options to replace the IMO NZF?
Instead of one Net-Zero Framework, countries now have five options to ponder over. Here’s how they work