Mackay Communications

Mackay Communications, Inc., also trading as Mackay Marine, supplies, installs and services marine electronics and satellite communications for commercial, fishing, offshore and government vessels. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, it represents many equipment manufacturers and coordinates 24/7 sales and service at major ports through its own offices and affiliate agents under the Mackay World Service name.

What they offer

• Navigation: radar, ECDIS, integrated bridge and navigation systems, gyro, magnetic and satellite compasses, speed logs, GPS, chartplotters, depth sounders and sonar, autopilots, Panama Canal NPPUs and steering systems.
• Communication and safety: GMDSS, MF/HF and VHF radios, handheld and firefighter radios, NAVTEX, EPIRBs, SARTs, AIS, LRIT, SSAS, BNWAS, voyage data recorders, CCTV, fire detection and interior communication systems.
• Satellite communications: Ku- and Ka-band VSAT, including Inmarsat Fleet Xpress as an Inmarsat GOLD Partner, LEO flat-panel antennas, L-band FleetBroadband and Iridium Certus, satellite phones and land-mobile satcom.
• Engine room and anti-pollution: VAF Instruments fuel flow, viscosity, torque and IVY propulsion performance systems, oil discharge monitors and oily water monitors with 15 ppm calibration.
• Services: global service and maintenance contracts, annual surveys and APTs (including GMDSS and VDR testing), engine room service, spares, and project integration for new builds, retrofits and military/government vessels.

Markets served

Commercial shipping, commercial fishing (with regional teams in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, Canada, Chile, Spain and the UK), offshore and energy, workboats, government, and land-mobile satellite users. Mackay is the exclusive North American representative for Olex seafloor mapping systems.

Locations

• Headquarters: Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
• Over-the-counter sales teams for the Americas, Europe and Asia/Middle East