BAtiments de TRAnsport Légers
Batral (BAtiments de TRAnsport Légers)
Thierry Verhaaren managed the build and trials of the last four units built in Chantiers de Normandie (near Rouen): Batral Dumont d’Urville, Jacques Cartier, La Grandière and Président El-Hadj Omar Bongo from 1981 to 1985.