Declan Bush
Multimedia Editor
Former Lloyd’s List sustainability editor Declan re-joined us in August 2023 as multimedia editor, overseeing our daily news and other digital output. 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
Carbon levy on life support at IMO as Pacifics vow to fight on
A global carbon price is unlikely to take the form of a separate levy, with IMO states converging on a compromise plan based on a greenhouse gas fuel standard
Green freight buyers’ club needs the IMO’s help
Group of freight buyers, including Amazon and Ikea, says countries must agree on adequate financial rewards for e-fuels, a lifecycle GHG fuel standard and transparent fuel certification framework
Explainer: The options on the table at MEPC83
Next week’s MEPC83 is due to approve mid-term measures to decarbonise shipping. Here are the policy outlines on the table and how they would work
Fears of impending EU backdown on IMO carbon levy
IMO insiders pushing for a carbon levy on global shipping fear the European Union will accept a compromise plan based on credit trading, in a blow to decarbonisation
Maersk calls for $600 per tonne carbon price
Member states should be careful not to over-reward fossil LNG -fuelled vessels, Sanne Frias Henriksen said in Rotterdam