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Welcome to program 369 of Shortwave Radiogram.

I'm Kim Andrew Elliott in Arlington, Virginia USA.

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  1:44 MFSK32: Program preview (now)
  2:52 MFSK32: Eco-friendly cargo ship revives sail power*
  8:39 MFSK64: Germany seeks improvements to passenger rail*
11:59 MFSK64: This week's images*
27:35 MFSK32: Closing announcements

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AFP via TechXplore:

Eco-friendly French cargo ship revives sail power

September 3, 2024

A French ship navigating past New York City to harbor laden with
Champagne, Cognac and jam under sail might recall a
long-forgotten age of wind navigation.

But with the Anemos, the world's largest cargo sail ship, a
French company is seeking to revive the eco-friendly and
cost-effective technology to become a regular fixture on the high
seas once again.

There has been increased interest in recent years in the use of
sail technology to move cargo as fuel costs and environmental
concerns have mounted for both shipping companies and consumers.

Anemos completed its inaugural 18-day transatlantic sailing from
the French port of Le Havre to the Port of Newark Tuesday, and
Guillaume Le Grand, chief executive of operator TOWT, hopes it
will be the first of many.

"They're the largest sailing vessels around and we're starting to
make an impact," he said of the ship and its sister vessel,
Artemis, due to be launched in Vietnam Wednesday.

"We were full on this crossing and there's strong demand. Six
more (vessels) are ordered already," Le Grand added, explaining
that clients increasingly want to know the carbon intensity of
their shipping.

Anemos, which is 81-meters long, carried with it 1,000 tonnes of
cargo.

The inaugural sailing of Anemos was not without difficulties,
with the backup motor used and refinements having to be made to
the setup of the ship and its giant double sails.

"This was a little bit challenging, we had to manage the routing.
We are improving the tuning of the sails," captain of the
nine-person crew Hadrien Busson told AFP.

The vessel uses a computerized, robotic rigging system to adjust
the vast sails which make the ship 206 feet tall.

With around one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted every
year, shipping is responsible for almost three percent of global
greenhouse gas emissions, according to the International Maritime
Organization (IMO), which aims to achieve carbon neutrality in
the sector by 2050.

Wind is already used by some forty large cargo ships worldwide,
according to the International Windship Association.

But that is a drop in the ocean when compared to the 105,000
vessels worldwide weighing more than 100 tonnes.

https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-eco-friendly-french-cargo-ship.html
 

Image: A prototype of the first cargo sailboat operated by TOWT
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From Deutsche Welle:


German minister wants DB to make cuts and trains run on time

September 3, 2024

Transport Minister Volker Wissing has called on state-owned
rail carrier Deutsche Bahn to improve punctuality "in the
short term," but also to make cuts and improve its bottom
line. He wants quarterly progress reports.

German Transport Minister Volker Wissing said on Tuesday in
Berlin that national state-owned rail company Deutsche Bahn (DB)
must improve punctuality, particularly for long-distance
services, and also to find savings in areas like administration
and management while reducing losses or improving profitability.

He said that it was up to company executives to come up with and
execute a precise plan, to be completed by 2027, but that he
wanted quarterly progress reports showing whether targets were
being met.

Wissing is not likely to receive very many of these reports
himself given that Germany's next federal elections are scheduled
for September 28, 2025.

Bahn failings in focus after Euros in Germany, amid rail network
modernization drive

Although declining punctuality, frequent strikes, and other rail
issues had long been a domestic sore point, the issue attracted
more international attention this summer as Germany hosted the
Euro 2024 football competition.

Horror stories from traveling fans about missed matches and late
arrivals, many of whom expressed surprise about the problems in a
country once famed for its passion for punctuality and
well-maintained infrastructure and public transport, added a
degree of embarrassment to the existing frustration for German
commuters and politicians.

Compounding matters since then, a major rail network
modernization program began almost immediately after the
competition.

While it is billed as something that will ultimately bring
significant improvements, in the short term it will result in
lengthy closures, diversions and delays on key rail lines around
the country, spanning several years in total.

What did the transport minister say?

The most pressing demand from Volker Wissing, of the neoliberal
Free Democrats (FDP), was that the punctuality of high-speed
long-distance services be "improved considerably in the short
term."

He also wanted to see overcrowding on these services reduced.

Wissing called for a "streamlining" of the company, saying this
should particularly affect adminstration and management. The
Transport Ministry's statement on the issue said DB needed to get
rid of duplicate structures and improve "personnel productivity."

"We want a reform program that runs until 2027 and brings
continual improvements," Wissing said in Berlin, saying it would
also involve "close-knit" observation from his ministry. "I will
be personally informed if a target is missed in a quarter."

Wissing criticized losses by the company's DB Fernverkehr, which
operates its freight and long-distance services, saying that
subsidiary must optimize the use of its trains and return to more
financially sustainable operations.

He also called for improvements and savings when buying new
trains, more rapid digitalization in the company, and making the
rail network more resilient to the affects of climate change.

Blames past failures, says government provided
'advance payment'

Wissing said that when he had taken up the job in 2020, he found
Deutsche Bahn in bad shape, describing the state of the rail
network and its upkeep as "desolate" in places.

However, he argued that the federal government, which owns 100%
of DB shares, had started taking steps to turn this around during
his tenure.

He pointed to the establishment of an infrastructure division for
DB at the beginning of the year, the start of the general rail
network overhaul and improved financial support from the
government budget as examples.

"We stepped in and provided advance payment, now the Bahn must
also deliver," he said.

https://www.dw.com/en/german-minister-wants-db-to-make-cuts-and-trains-run-on-time/a-70119726
 

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This week's images ...


Workers stand on scaffolding at sunset in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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A stoat enjoying the snow in the French Alps. A winner of the
Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest.
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Dizzy O'Dare performs his giant balloon show during the launch of
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A corvid "waiting for the day to break" in Hythe, England.
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Ground fog in Oxford, England. https://tinyurl.com/258fovtk ...

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Sunset over Washington DC, September 4.
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Joshua Tree National Park, California, September 4.
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Zinnias at the English garden of the Arizona State
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Our painting of the week is "New York Brownstones" by Stefan
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