Herbert Engineering Corporation (HEC) is a reputable ship design company with offices in Alameda, Annapolis, and Shanghai. Its primary expertise is in naval architecture consulting for ship conversions and commercial new-builds. I work for HEC’s subsidiary, Herbert Software Systems Inc (HSSI), which develops ship stability, cargo-loading, and salvaging software. I had never worked with Herbert software before this internship, but its relatively small learning curve allowed me to get the hang of the software with only two days of tutorials. So far, I’ve used Herbert’s HECSALV suite for salvage engineering.