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
IMO divided on how to tackle fraudulent ship registries
Fake flag registries are a risk to lives, the environment and shipping’s reputation, but IMO member states are still unsure of how to deal with them
Recruitment fraud traps seafarers in ‘disturbing situation’
The International Maritime Organization has condemned illegal and fraudulent recruitment of seafarers and said more work is needed to crack down on the problem
Detained Rostock ship raises knotty sanctions questions
The detained Atlantic Navigator II shows what happens when sanctions clash
Exclusive: $100 green fuel levy would achieve highest emission reductions in 2030
A $100 per tonne carbon levy would see the biggest emissions cuts, but also impose the biggest cost by 2030, according to a leaked IMO report that modelled different policy combinations
High spirits and hard questions in the looming IMO green levy debate
Co-operation and optimism characterised the final day of talks at the MEPC81 as countries indicated subtle shifts in support for a carbon levy. But it also hinted at hard choices ahead
All carbon pricing options still on the table at MEPC
The IMO is sketching a framework for how to agree on mid-term measures and has not ruled out any proposals. But the finer details around raising and distributing revenue still needs work