MAC First Quarter - News Letter

VOLUME 1 | ISSUE 1 JULY 2019

MAC HOLDINGS NEWSLETTER QUARTERLY NEWS UPDATES ABOUT MAC HOLDINGS & RELATED SECTORS AROUND THE WORLD Hospitality, Logistics, Aviation, Shipping, Aquaculture renewable energy news Special projects and prospects of MAC

MAC Holdings Private Limited is a multifaceted, diverse group of companies, offering a range of services to its clients. Broadening its horizons over the years, Our services expand to seven sectors.

ABOUT MAC HOLDINGS

The

group primarily engages in businesses related to hospitality & leisure, shipping, aviation, fisheries & aquaculture, freight & logistics, renewable energy and strategic investments in the region.

Our inception dates back to 1860 through Carson & Company. The company creates lasting global relationships with its presence felt Bangladesh and the Maldives with exclusive arrangements Pakistan and India since its Holding company was established in 1996.

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FREIGHT & LOGISTICS With over 20 years of experience in this sector, MAC SCS has positioned itself as a reliable, and an innovative service provider offering solutions ranging from the simplest to the most sophisticated, high-end requirements across the freight & logistics sector, encompassing maritime movements, construction and power generation. Using its expertise, experience and cross-business connectivity, the company supports its clients, to compresses cycle time, and I n s i d e overall t h e I s sconvenience; ue provides flexibility; dependability; reliability; lowers overall product cost and

maximizes supply chain efficiency for enhanced customer satisfaction.

Commercial Bank of Ceylon enables online payments for customers

to

Authority

pay

Ports

Charges

for

shipping requirements.

First-ever

Colombo

International

Logistics

Qatar Airways Cargo launched flights to the beautiful city of Almaty in Kazakhstan.

Conference to be held in August this year.

Global

shipping

rates

dropped over the last six months for carriers of the world’s

raw

material

finished goods.

AVIATION MAC compliments its business operations with decade-long

roots

in

Airline

GSSA

representation, passenger charter operations, VIP business jets and helicopter charters.

Cargo airlines representation include: - Thai Cargo in Sri Lanka and the Maldives - Delta Airlines Cargo in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Maldives - Hong Kong Airlines Cargo & Air Baltic Cargo in Sri Lanka - Finnair Cargo in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Passenger airline representation includes:

MAC Supply Chain Solutions (Pvt) Ltd was

Scoot, Myanmar Airways, Cebu Pacific and Jetstar

recognised at the Emirates Sky Cargo

in Sri Lanka.

Agent Award Ceremony 2019.

and

So Sri Lanka

‘So Sri Lanka’ became the latest tourism tagline’ for Sri

HOSPITALITY & LEISURE Driving the company’s vision of being the ‘single source service’, MAC stepped into destination management in 2008 through acquiring of Luxury Holiday Travels Private Limited to offer innovative travel solutions for outbound, inbound and luxury travel portfolios to a global client base. Armed with affiliations with a host of local and international hotel, travel

Lanka replacing ’Wonder of Asia’ as a result of the Sri Lanka

Tourism

Promotion

Bureau (SLTPB)’s initiative to rebrand

the

country’s

position in travel.

and tour service operations, the company offers reliable travel solutions

for

business,

MICE

(Meetings,

Incentives,

Conferences, and Events) and leisure travels.

Sri

Lanka

to

lure

5

mil

tourists by 2021. Proposed measures include drastically modernising Bandaranaike Airport,

the International

adopting

immigration

friendly policies,

development and marketing India to promote Sri Lanka tourism via Outbound Tour

of the destination, increasing

Operators Association of India (OTOAI) of which the

domestic & budget carriers

members

their

and enhancing connectivity &

willingness to host OTOAI annual conference in Sri Lanka this

operations of the Mattala

year.

airport among many others.

responded

positively

and

confirmed

SHIPPING The oldest standing company in the group, MAC Equity Services Limited has created a name for itself as a competent, efficient and dependable organization that serves every commercial and fisheries port in the country. With a comprehensive portfolio of services, including a full spectrum of liner services, husbanding and stevedoring, ships’ spares supply chain management and ship handling and offshore supplies among many others, the company has made its mark in the maritime industry of Sri Lanka.

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri initiates the most complex and comprehensive small ship lengthening and engine replacement renovation project in the cruise industry.

Singapore-based Pacific International Lines (PIL) Â trials delivery using IBM blockchain platform

to

reduce

the

administrative

process of 5 - 7 days to one second.

FISHERIES & AQUACULTURE Years of experience in fishing, processing, packaging and exporting of fish to Japan, USA and European markets has allowed MAC to utilise its capacity to expand operations and to collaborate with foreign operators to provide premium and subsequent grade stock to domestic and overseas markets. Within the group, Fisheries and Aquaculture is a focus area for growth.

MAC intends to use its newly acquired fishing license to engage the service of foreign

fishing

operators

possessing

modern technologies, aiming to partner with industry leaders to ensure steady growth of a sustainable fishing industry for both local and export consumption.

PROJECTS DIVISION Projects division of MAC is engaged in handling diverse projects, serving a multitude of clients, across multiple industry sectors. Over the years this division has carried out many large scale projects on behalf of its clients, and effectively utilized the multidimensional service offering of the group’s other businesses in delivering value for money, undertaking and executing turnkey projects on behalf of its clients.

The services include an end-to-end solution ranging from, procurement, installation, commissioning up to handing over, and in some instances engaging in post-commissioning service agreements.

RENEWABLE ENERGY e fI MAC has ventured into this sphere of business to stimulate growth and advance tIhnes icdaeusteh o s“sGureeen Energy” by representing investors, offering partnerships to form joint ventures, facilitating applications with the respective government authorities for all required approvals and licenses and offering the total scope of logistics.

MAC is currently involved in managing many renewable projects for a vast array of energy companies. The company, helps procure land for such projects, manages and builds the entire energy project, and transfer the project to the respective client, as a total turnkey solution.

AWARDED PROJECTS THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW AIM SYSTEM The

contract

Aeronautical

to

replace

the

Information

existing

Service

(AIS)

operation of Sri Lanka was signed by MAC in March 2018. The project will include the supply, installation and completion to

replace

the existing AIS system with the Aeronautical Information system

Management

will

Bandaranaike Mattala (MRIA)

fulfil

requirements

of

the

International Airport, Katunayake

Rajapaksa and

(AIM) system. The

International

Colombo

Airport

Airport

–Ratmalana

(RMA).

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR ATM SYSTEM The contract to supply, install and commission the Air Traffic Management (ATM) System at Bandaranaike International Airport was signed by

MAC

in

August

2018.

The

system will

enhance the safety and the efficiency of ATM services

by

improving

and

maintaining

the

reliability levels of ATM while also adhering to the latest ICAO requirements and will meet standards set by regulatory bodies such as Eurocontrol.

CONTACT US

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MAC HOLDINGS PVT LTD | NEWSLETTER VOLUME 1 | ISSUE 1 JULY 2019