Maritime and Aquaculture Professional School of Bastia inaugurates Alba, France’s first hydrogen-electric powered fishing training vessel. MAURIC, one of Europe’s leading naval architecture and marine engineering companies, has designed the vessel and provided technical coordination for this innovative industrial project.
MAURIC, designer of numerous Mediterranean fishing vessels, gathered a consortium with key players in the hydrogen sector and ecological transition, such as Alternative Energies, CN GATTO Shipyard and EODev, supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-based REXH2 Range Extenders, to respond to the LPMA’s tender.
Alba has been specifically designed to include fishing training capabilities such as longline and seine techniques with MAURIC’s expertise. She can accommodate up to 12 students and 2 instructors (crew).
With an overall length of 19.95m, the maximum length allowed by the LPMA specifications, and a beam of 5.60m, Alba features a large deck area whose layout was defined in close consultation with the LPMA teaching staff. The vessel is fitted with removable winches and tackles for longline or seine fishing, with configuration changes possible within just a few hours. Space is reserved aft for a boat or fishing winch. Two hydraulic cranes complete the deck equipment.
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