Marine News

Mackay Marine Service Opens Hamburg, Germany Office, July 15 2013

Posted on July 5, 2013

Mackay Marine Hamburg, a long-time expansion goal of Mackay Marine, will become a reality on July 15, 2013. Mackay’s newest Marine Service Center will open with six employees including a Manager, Service Coordinator/Office Administrator, and four Mackay Service Technicians; reporting to Nick Pope, located at Mackay Marine Rotterdam, NL. The Mackay Hamburg Manager, Michael Slachcinski,… Read More

Mackay Marine Singapore Celebrates Its First Anniversary

Posted on July 5, 2013

Mackay Marine–Singapore opened for business July 1, 2012 with two Marine Service Technicians and a Service Dispatcher. Today, the office boasts fourteen employees, including nine Service Technicians, with projected growth in the near future. Customers appreciate certain key attributes about Mackay Singapore: our rapid responsiveness; exceptional FTFRs; flat-price service quoting; extensive brand & breadth of product… Read More

Mackay Awarded Sperry Marine Sales & Service Agency, Historical Connection

Posted on May 1, 2013

Mackay & Sperry Connect a Century Later Historical Probability, circa 1900/1910: In 1910, two scientists, often collaborating, often competing, revolutionized maritime navigation by inventing the gyrocompass. The two scientists were Hermann Anschutz, of Germany, and Dr. Elmer Sperry, from Brooklyn, NY, USA. With the outbreak of World War I four years later, demand sky-rocketed for Dr. Sperry’s… Read More

Mackay 2013 Trade Show & Seminar Schedule Updated

Posted on April 30, 2013

Visit Mackay at one of our upcoming 2013 tradeshow exhibits, conferences and seminars. We look forward to discussing how our maritime electronics and satellite communications equipment and service can best fit your operational needs. For more information, see the show website links and feel free to contact us at: Mackay Satellite Services +1 919-850-3100, satserv@mackaycomm.com… Read More

SAILOR FleetBroadband & EXPLORER Vehicular Satellite Terminal Firmware Upgrade

Posted on April 4, 2013

Critical Firmware Upgrade Required – for current COBHAM (Thrane & Thrane) SAILOR FleetBroadband (150, 250 & 500 models) and EXPLORER 325 & 727 Vehicular BGAN (land) satellite terminal users – affecting functionality of IP Handset after April 2013. NOTE December 2013 UPDATE: Details and Upgrade Instructions

Mackay APTS Group Wins Five-Year U.S. Navy Contract Renewal via AT&T

Posted on March 1, 2013

After nearly a year of active negotiations, Mackay Marine’s eight-person APTS Team, led by Angela Gress of Mackay’s Norfolk office, won not only a contract renewal, but an exceptionally long five (5) year extension. The contract relates to the Morale Phone Program, which supplies, installs, and maintains banks of ruggedized “Public Telephones” aboard approximately 137 U.S…. Read More