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
Governments would have to foot the bill for nuclear shipping
Governments will be on the hook for the potentially unlimited liability created by a nuclear incident at sea, Core Power’s annual nuclear conference was told. There are doubts they are keen to take such a burden on
Sea Cargo Charter finds its limits
The green chartering initiative has helped more companies reporting, but its latest annual disclosure report presents a poor outlook for decarbonisation
Core Power calls net zero a ‘false dawn’, plans to test older reactor design
Maritime nuclear start-up Core Power launched a feasibility study for using ‘Gen III+’ nuclear reactor in a floating power plant, noting next-gen reactors are still unproven. The company has said nuclear is the only way to meet the need for clean energy and energy security
Norway’s Eitzen Group orders first two electric containerships
Oslo-based shipowner Eitzen Group has ordered two fully electric containerships, calling it a milestone in green shipping
ICS report highlights challenges for onboard carbon capture
A Lloyd’s Register report for the International Chamber of Shipping has found that onboard CO2 capture (OCCS) is technically possible, but still has far to go
Nuclear hype continues, but its path to a business case is unclear
Small modular reactor hopefuls continue to work towards the dream of next-gen nuclear propulsion. But the technology has formidable barriers to overcome