Centre Testing International Group Co., Ltd. is one of China's largest third-party testing, inspection, and certification companies, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Shenzhen. The group runs more than one hundred and thirty laboratories worldwide with over fourteen thousand professionals, a domestic network of more than sixty branches in mainland China, and offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. Marine and offshore work is delivered through the CTI-Maritec division created after the 2020 acquisition of Singapore-based Maritec.
Service capability for shipowners and operators includes biological efficacy testing of ballast water management systems during commissioning and indicative or detailed compliance sampling, with in-house testing laboratories at five Chinese ports including Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Xiamen, and Shenzhen, each accredited to ISO 17025. The group also covers underwater inspection and in-water hull survey, inventory of hazardous materials and asbestos surveys, ship recycling responsible recycling supervision under the Hong Kong Convention, and non-destructive testing on ship structures, welds, and machinery components.
CTI-Maritec Singapore has received Lloyd's Register approval for ballast water management system commissioning testing and DNV approval for indicative and detailed BWT analysis, with extended laboratory recognition for marine fuel and lubricant testing. CTI's third-party scope additionally covers food, consumer goods, building materials, automotive, and chemicals testing, which gives the marine division access to deep analytical capability and certified equipment for chemistry, biology, physics, and mechanical evaluation. The Shenzhen base provides convenient coverage of the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong port cluster.
