Our Systems Approach to ship design ensures that each vessel cost-effectively meets the owner’s cargo transportation needs through optimized safety, efficiency, and environmental performance.

HEC has provided our clients access and support in the rapidly expanding shipbuilding industry for six decades. We are headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and have established offices across the U.S. Our European office (Glasgow, Scotland) supports our clients in and around the European Union and Herbert Engineering Shanghai (HES) extends our global reach further (established in 2004).

HEC provides marine consulting and software development services to shipowners, operators, charterers, shipyards, and government agencies. Our primary area of expertise is in commercial vessels’ conceptual, preliminary, and contract design. We have extensive experience in new buildings and conversions of containerships, break-bulk carriers, ro-ro’s, and tankers. Through the years, we have been fortunate to have relationships with clients looking for innovative and cost-effective solutions and who are willing to venture beyond “current practice.”

At HEC, we navigate the complexities of vessel design, construction, operation, maintenance, and conversion with precision and expertise. Review some of our full-spectrum design and engineering projects covering new designs, conversions, LNG, offshore, and more.