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.

Hesper Industrial engineering

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

Sturrock Grindrod Maritime (SGM) – 41 owned offices providing our clients with a wide range of services in Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and around the Australian coastline, thereby servicing all major trade lanes in the Indian Ocean.

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

Hesper Engineering is certified to the ISO 9001 Quality Management System Standards.

We have maintained this certification, without lapse. We are continually improving our quality processes and procedures to adapt to our customers’ needs.

Hesper Engineering is a B-BBEE Level 2 Contributor.

Hesper Engineering is a B-BBEE Level 2 contributor.

Our belief in BEE awareness, training and development is our driving force to empower the nation.