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
Tanker bosses warn Posidonia of demand destruction ahead
Protracted closure of the Strait of Hormuz would destroy oil demand, with painful consequences for tanker trades, executives at Capital Link have warned
October trial set for Mercuria v Baltic Exchange fight over Hormuz VLCC benchmarks
The Baltic Exchange has argued a Mercuria win would create ‘almost incomprehensively large’ knock-on effects, with every contract that had included the TD3C benchmark as a reference needing to be amended or renegotiated
What to expect from the UK ETS
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme includes shipping from July 1. Its scope is far narrower than its EU cousin, but administrative hassles still loom for companies
UK ETS would cover just 15% of shipping emissions, says ICCT
The International Council on Clean Transportation wants the scope of the new UK ETS expanded, saying it does too little to reduce shipping emissions. Industry groups counter that the scheme will result in pay-to-play without more support for alternative fuels and shore power
Why Europe’s shortsea fleet just keeps getting older
Forty is the new 20 in the unusual world of Europe’s gearless coasters, according to niche market specialist Sea3R