Founded on 18 July 2003 in Shanghai with registered capital of three million RMB, Shanghai Victor Marine Technical Service Co., Ltd. is an independent ship-repair-sector technical services company supporting merchant vessels and offshore tonnage. The Victor Marine team works on annual and five-yearly servicing of lifeboats, rescue boats and davit launching systems, inflatable liferaft inflation tests, inflatable lifejacket and immersion suit servicing, and on-load release gear overhauls. Fire-fighting equipment work covers portable extinguisher recharging, fixed CO2, foam and water-spray system inspections, fire hose and hydrant testing, and EEBD and SCBA breathing apparatus maintenance with cylinder hydrostatic tests where due. Engineering inspectors carry out hatch cover ultrasonic tightness testing in line with IACS UR Z17, watertight integrity verification of doors and penetrations under SOLAS II-1, hull ultrasonic thickness gauging for intermediate and special periodical surveys, lifting appliance and gear surveys, Ro-Ro door inspection and pressure vessel inspection on portable extinguishers and SCBA cylinders. GMDSS annual radio surveys, GMDSS equipment service and AIS annual inspection are delivered by qualified technicians to SOLAS Chapter IV requirements, with underwater hull inspection in lieu of drydocking coordinated through partner dive teams and reported in formats accepted by class. The company is recognised as a service supplier by ABS, Bureau Veritas, CCS, DNV, the Indian Register of Shipping, Korean Register, Lloyd's Register and RINA, so its reports and certificates are accepted for statutory and class purposes. Field engineers mobilise to Shanghai, Yangshan, Waigaoqiao, Ningbo and other Yangtze River Delta terminals on a port-call basis with short response times.