Ship Repair | Welding Services | Marine Electrical | Warehousing | Procurement | Accommodation Modules | Oil Mist Detection

UK facilities located in Avonmouth, Portchester, Portsmouth, Southampton | Sister company in Green Cove Springs, Florida, USA

Our Services

Testbank provides a comprehensive 100% marine repair service comprising voyage, alongside and workshop activities. More >>

Ship Lift Facility at Portchester

The facilities at Trafalgar Wharf include a hangar of approximately 5,000m² which houses three overhead 15 ton gantry cranes. More >>

Head Office at Southampton

Modern purpose built premises within Southampton’s Western Docks comprising some 18,000 square feet of... More >>


Testbank Ship Repair Ltd offers the following exclusively marine related services:

  • Ship repair
  • Specialised welding services
  • Marine electrical
  • Warehousing and logistics
  • Chandlery and marine procurement
  • Manufacture of accommodation modules.
  • Oil mist detection

The Testbank head office is located within Southampton’s Western Docks, comprising some 18,000 square feet of well equipped workshops, warehousing and office accommodation holding a core workforce of 40 skilled people.

The Rolls Royce Syncrolift ship lift facility at Trafalgar Wharf, Portchester include a hangar of approximately 5,000m² which houses three overhead 15 ton gantry cranes. The ship cradles can move vessels of around 60 metres in length overall and up to 877 tons using the railed system. There is also a movable internal rail system which operates throughout the hangar that allows for traversing and dry docking of multiple vessels, providing protecting from the elements.

The site also benefits from a large wet dock, measuring 130m x 29m with an opening of 13m beam and a draft of 4.2m. The wet dock includes fixed pontoons and a sea wall. All working areas in the water are complete with services.

The company has been established since 1974 and changed its name to Testbank in 1995 when the company was purchased in an MBO from Aalborg Industries. To this day is wholly owned by its employees.