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.
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Regulators defend Russia sanctions after industry barbs
Regulators behind the US, EU and UK sanctions on shipping Russian oil defended their regime from industry claims the sanctions are ineffective
Greed driving London brokers fixing ships for the dark fleet
London brokers and their ‘pet lawyers’ are putting greed ahead of morals by helping sell tankers into the dark fleet* through Dubai front companies, shipbroker Richard Fulford-Smith has said, calling for better enforcement
Stopford: Shipping won’t get ‘a sniff’ of green fuel
Shipping economist Martin Stopford laid out the challenge in stark terms as industry figures questioned whether shipping can reach its green targets
Dry bulk owners look to better days ahead, but will not order new ships
Bulk carrier owners are willing to look past short-term pain from slumping Chinese demand, Capital Link was told, but are less keen on new orders. Better supply balance is cause for hope
IMO 2030 targets ‘very unrealistic’ says DNV Maritime boss
DNV Maritime chief executive says it is ‘very unrealistic’ that shipping will meet the IMO’s green targets for 2030 despite doing everything it can on energy efficiency, but later struck a more optimistic note on a coming technology ‘renaissance’
Green transition to reshape bulker and tanker trades — ABS
ABS’ latest sustainability outlook forecast changes to trade flows and joined other class societies in pushing for onboard carbon capture to reach net zero by 2050