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
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
NGOs call for reform of systemic failings in livestock carrier trade
A 410-page report by three animal welfare NGOs paints a damning portrait of the mostly elderly, converted ships that make up the world’s livestock carrier fleet
Voluntary green initiatives struggle to make headway
The decarbonisation faithful say they’re committed to the cause despite a dim outlook for regulation to transition shipping. But their options for voluntary schemes to tackle the problem are limited
‘There’s never a right time to invest’: frustration grows at entrenched barriers to green shipping
The stalling of the green transition in shipping is causing frustration for companies already invested in it. ‘There’s this incredible laziness in the industry’
Why nuclear shipping is a pipe dream
Next-generation small modular reactors are just around the corner, and always will be
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