Quality, honesty, integrity
We don’t over-promise, we deliver
Hesper Engineering is a marine and industrial engineering company with integrated design, manufacturing and maintenance facilities to service the marine, oil and gas and industrial sectors. We offer ship repair and related maintenance services including project management, modifications and optimisation of mechanical systems, steel fabrication, repairs and installation services, machining services, rigging as well as blasting, coating and painting.
Established in 1975 we have over 40 years of experience in servicing the market. Our track record, coupled with our established workshops and diligent workforce, is synonymous with delivering quality workmanship, competitive pricing and on-time delivery in the industries we serve.
Hesper Engineering is strategically situated in Paarden Eiland, in close proximity to Table Bay Harbour with a covered workshop area of over 3 000m². Our workshop includes a machine shop, fitting shop and boiler shop and carpentry department.
Marine engineering
Excellence and innovation
Combining a drive for continuous innovation with years of experience, Hesper’s highly trained, qualified technical team is equipped to solve any engineering concern on board your vessel, in your factory, or in our fully equipped workshop a stone’s throw away from Cape Town Harbour.
Whether getting to the source of a customer’s anti-fouling needs, replacing faulty radios, servicing of specialised equipment or servicing of engine brands, we are experienced problem solvers with a passion to deliver outstanding service to any type of vessel.
We work with our clients through the exchange of information to provide flexible solutions that practically meet their individual needs.
Let’s work together
We work as a single united team with market leading firms around the world
and give our clients the highest quality service possible.
Industrial engineering
Integrated systems and solutions
Hesper Industrial specialises in providing a full turnkey approach to steel and engineering services that begins with exploring the problem with our client before progressing towards detailed engineering and production to provide a customised solution.
Our team of principal level engineers and artisans ensure a general engineering proficiency that provides a personalised, professional, cost-effective service. A core group of experienced personnel is complemented with access to “on-call” contract staff to ensure that fluctuating workloads can be easily managed.
This, together with our customer-focused approach, quality and the ability to assist across the African continent, has established Hesper Engineering as a service provider of choice to a number of industry sectors including:
Processing plants, Plastic injection moulders, Automotive manufacturers, Component manufacturers, Wind turbine manufacturers, Chemical and petrochemical processors and Construction firms.
Our partners
Providing expertise and support
Grindrod Ltd, a global business represented in 21 countries, is actively driving flows of minerals, agricultural products and project cargo across key southern African trade corridors. We are committed to promoting inclusive Sub-Saharan Africa economic growth through unlocking trade corridors, enabling supply chains and increasing trade capacity.

Hesper Engineering accreditations
Assuring quality and excellence
View our complete Tcertified Due Diligence report here.
We have robust in house anti-bribery and anti-corruption policies and insist on transparency in all our dealings. We are TRACE certified.
- Across the board transparency
- Constant lines of communication
- Complete support & documentation