[2] As of 1990 BATRALAC, SOTRALAC and Tanganyika Transport were competitors of ARNOLAC, the largest merchant shipping company in Burundi.

[3] During the Burundian Civil War, on 25 May 1997 FDD rebels led by former interior minister Léonard Nyangoma captured Batralac's Rwegera cargo ship and took it south to Moba in Zaire, which was still in the hands of the Forces Armées Zaïroises.

[5] In 2024, shipping on Lake Tanganyika was dominated by companies based in Burundi, including ARNOLAC, BATRALAC and RAD Marine.

[2] MV Teza was designed by Chris Simopoulos & Associates of Greece, and built by Batralac in a project managed by Basil Demeris.

The steel hull is 6 to 12 millimetres (0.24 to 0.47 in) thick and has a moulded depth of 4.5 metres (15 ft) It carries up to 77,000 litres (17,000 imp gal; 20,000 US gal) of fuel and is powered by two Cummins KT19 marine diesels, each rated 425 HP at 1800 RPM, which drive 450 millimetres (18 in) diameter propellers.