MacGregor is a company providing marine cargo flow solutions and service for ship owners, ship operators and shipyards. It was founded in 1937 as MacGregor & Company, and it is now part of Cargotec Corporation since 2005.
In the elevator industry, it supplied marine elevators for ships, mainly cruise ships and cruise ferries under its "MacGregor Navire" division.
MacGregor was originally founded in 1937 as MacGregor & Company by engineer brothers Robert and Joseph MacGregor. The company merged with Finnish company Navire to form MacGregor-Navire in 1983. In 1989, MacGregor-Navire acquired DAN Elevator, a Danish marine elevator supplier. From this time, MacGregor Navire began supplying marine elevators using components from Kone (controllers) and Schaefer (fixtures). In 1994, MacGregor Navire merged with Kone and continued supplying elevators in ships, by this time the elevators were made entirely by Kone.
On June 1, 2005, Kone splits into two companies; KONE Corporation and Cargotec Corporation and in the same year, Kone Cargotec acquired MacGregor to became MacGregor-Kone.[1][2] Its marine elevator business was transferred to Kone and became KONE Marine.
Formerly Celebrity Mercury (until 2011) and Mein Schiff 2 (2011-2019)
Marella Explorer
1995
Formerly Celebrity Galaxy and Mein Schiff 1. Sister ship of Mein Schiff Herz.
Marella Explorer 2
1995
Formerly Celebrity Century and SkySea Golden Era.
Carnival Cruise Line[]
Vessel name
Year installed
Notes
Carnival Miracle
2003
Carnival Sensation
1993
Decommissioned 2020, scrapped 2022.
Carnival Pride
2001
Carnival Spirit
2001
Disney Cruise Line[]
Vessel name
Year installed
Notes
Disney Magic
1997
Disney Wonder
1998
Costa Crociere[]
Vessel name
Year installed
Notes
Costa Atlantica
1999
Costa Mediterranea
2003
Norwegian Cruise Line[]
Vessel name
Year installed
Notes
Norwegian Dawn
2002
Norwegian Epic
2008
Star Cruises[]
Vessel name
Year installed
Notes
Star Pisces
1990
Formerly MV Kalypso
Silja Line[]
Vessel name
Year installed
Notes
MS Amorella
Modernization of DAN elevators.
MS Galaxy
2005
Tallink[]
Vessel name
Year installed
Notes
MS Romantika
2001
MS Silja Europa
1993
MS Silja Symphony
1991
MS Silja Serenade
1990
MS Atlantic Vision
2000
MS Victoria I
2003
MS Star
2007
Hurtigruten[]
Vessel name
Year installed
Notes
MS Trollfjord
2001
MS Midnatsol
2002
MS Nordlys
1994
Modernized by Kone in 2012.
MS Nordkapp
1997
Other operators[]
Vessel name
Operator
Year installed
Notes
MS Monarch
Pullmantur Cuises
1991
Formerly Monarch of the Seas
Dream Explorer
Dream Cruises
1998
Formerly SuperStar Virgo
Grand Classica
Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line
1991
Formerly Costa neoClassica and Costa Classica
MS Pearl Seaways
DFDS Seaways
2001
Modernization of 1989 DAN elevators.
Celestyal Crystal
Celestyal Cruises
1991
MS Birka Stockholm
Birka Cruises
2004
Formerly MS Birka Paradise
MS Color Fantasy
Color Line
2004
MV Hyak
Washington State Ferries
Trivia[]
Some MacGregor elevator installations dating back from the mid 1990s would have the "Manufactured by KONE" words engraved on the bottom right hand side of the car station, indicating they are entirely made by Kone. The serial numbers are from Kone, with the letter "H" placed at the start of the numbers, similar to regular Kone installations found at land.
Gallery[]
MacGregor logo on a 1990s MacGregor (Kone) elevator hall station.
