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
IMO’s Net‑Zero Framework ‘to raise transport costs by 20% by 2040’
The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Centre for Zero Carbon Shipping found the IMO’s Net-Zero Framework would do far more for decarbonisation than an alternative plan suggested by Liberia and Panama
Asia’s nervous wait for green regulation
Uncertainty, not new regulation, is the biggest risk for the shipping sector in the year ahead. But Asia’s maritime community continues to work on decarbonisation while waiting for the IMO
Japan pitches another tax-free IMO carbon tax
Japan has suggested removing the NZF’s $100-per-tonne carbon price, meaning ships could trade compliance instead of paying into an IMO Fund. It is pitched as a middle ground aimed at reaching consensus, but also has drawbacks
AI for shore power could help ports manage the load
A UK project seeks to find out if AI can help optimise vessel charging from the shore, as ports grapple with the challenges of going electric