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
Brussels proposes extending ETS to smaller ships, reserves billions for green shipping
The European Commission’s plan to overhaul the Emissions Trading System from 2030 would earmark billions for shipping decarbonisation and include more neighbouring ports to stop evasive calls
MSC wants voyages with EU transhipment calls exempted from ETS
Mediterranean Shipping Co is pushing for EU ETS exemptions for its containerships’ transhipment calls at EU ports, as pressure grows to weaken the green regulation in its ongoing revision
Industry waits to see what Brussels has in store for the EU ETS
How much money will be raised, how it will be spent, and how to maintain a level playing field are the biggest points of contention as the ETS revision draws closer
Messier Hormuz talks will cost MEG economies
Economic forecaster BMI says the resumption in US-Iran attacks points to a slower return to normal in the Strait of Hormuz, with harsh implications for Middle East Gulf economies
Maritime security industry accused of ‘complete failure’ in lead-up to Iran war
Shipping lawyer Stephen Askins says maritime security companies failed to adequately warn companies of the Iran war in February, asking whether better intelligence could have meant fewer seafarers stranded in the Middle East Gulf