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
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
ABS calls on IMO to allow carbon credits for efficiency gains
US class society ABS has called for the IMO to make compliance with a global green framework easier by allowing carbon credits for efficiency improvements
Choose your fighter: New IMO plans set up carbon pricing showdown
Three policy proposals are emerging as contenders for the next round of IMO talks. They point to a showdown between the Net-Zero Framework, a slightly different NZF by Brazil, and the fossil fuels-only option from Liberia that has the support of Greek tanker bosses
$300bn a year in NZF costs? Really?
Opponents of the IMO Net-Zero Framework have claimed it could cost international shipping $300bn by 2035. But the claim doesn’t stand up to scrutiny
Posidonia wrapped: The quiet undercurrent of concern
The size and scale of the celebrations at Posidonia would not suggest an industry in distress, but we have been here before...