News - Northern Mariana Islands

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.

The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. raised the fuel adjustment charge from $0.245 to $0.44489 per kilowatt-hour, from May 15, effectively doubling the cost of power for households in the Northern Mariana Islands. The increase was reportedly approved by the Commonwealth Public Utilities Commission.

The Department of Public Health and Social Services confirmed two new laboratory-confirmed cases of Pertussis, bringing the total number of confirmed cases for 2026 to 13.