News - Northern Mariana Islands

Government and federal emergency management executives from Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands convened at a joint press conference on June five to mark Typhoon Preparedness Month, solidifying regional infrastructure metrics and cross-territorial policy alignments.

The POWER-HDR JV of Hailey, Idaho, was awarded June 5 a $249 million “firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architect-engineer services.”

The U.S Coast Guard for Guam and Micronesia advised June 1 the precise location where local and federal partners will clear of damaged vessels in Saipan.

Even before Super Typhoon Sinlaku battered the Northern Mariana Islands and disrupted fragile supply chains, businesses across the islands were already struggling with rising costs of doing business, especially with surging fuel and utility charges, worker shortages, and the general difficulty of obtaining imported products, not to mention shipping delays due to competition with the enormous tonnage of disaster aid coming to the islands.

Local and federal partners will begin work June 1 to clear damaged vessels from Smiling Cove, which is near to American the Memorial Park in Garapan.

United Airlines has revised its planned service resumption on Saipan – Tokyo Narita route, due to impact from Typhoon Sinlaku in April.

Both the Guam Visitors Bureau and the Marianas Visitors Authority will be promoting their charms later this year at the annual Japan Association of Travel Agents Tourism Expo from Sept. 24 to Sept. 27 at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center.

Due to post Typhoon Sinlaku and other aviation industry issues, airline routes for the Mariana Islands plan various changes.

Federal agencies and lawmakers are directing millions of dollars to water safety, transportation, and transit projects across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.

Utility restoration and commercial transit infrastructure across the Northern Mariana Islands are nearing stabilization following Super Typhoon Sinlaku, though significant electrical grid damage continues to suppress recovery on Tinian.