Sugar Dock (Saipan)

The Sugar Dock is a structure at the edge of Chalan Kanoa, Saipan, extending out from the western shore of the island into the Philippine Sea in the western North Pacific Ocean. Aquatic plants, including sea grass, grow around the dock.[1] The dock was built by the South Seas Development Company to support the sugar Industry during the Japanese period in the Northern Mariana Islands. American forces captured the dock during the Battle of Saipan and used it for logistics during and after the Asia-Pacific War.

Sugar Dock
Location
LocationChalan Kanoa, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Details
Opened1930s

School groups, community organizations, and government agencies conduct cleanups at the dock.[2][3] Trees nearby were lost during Typhoon Soudelor in 2015 and Typhoon Yutu in 2018. The Micronesian Islands Nature Alliance (MINA) host an annual tree planting campaign near the area.[4]

The structure is ruined and crumbling.[5] It poses a safety hazard.[6] The dock pier may be rebuilt by the CNMI government in the 2020s.[7] The dock is a place for boats to tie up and a favorite swimming-hole of islanders.[8] People have drowned near the dock.[9][10][11][12][13]

References
  1. "Saipan lagoon flora: seagrass and macroalgae". Saipan Tribune. July 27, 2005.
  2. "MHS tourism club cleans up beach". Saipan Tribune. September 8, 2005.
  3. "Volunteers sought for Sugar Dock cleanup". Saipan Tribune. January 4, 2016.
  4. "MINA tree planting campaign heads to Sugar Dock". Saipan Tribune. June 26, 2019.
  5. "Sugar Dock rehabilitation eyed". Saipan Tribune. October 10, 2016.
  6. "BECQ, govt agencies collaborate with Legislature on Sugar Dock". Saipan Tribune. October 28, 2016.
  7. "Sugar Dock to be rebuilt". Saipan Tribune. April 20, 2018.
  8. "About time for Sugar Dock but…". Saipan Tribune. April 30, 2018.
  9. "Sugar Dock claims its 5th victim this year". Saipan Tribune. August 17, 2004.
  10. "Man drowns at Sugar Dock". Saipan Tribune. September 18, 2018.
  11. "Boy, 15, drowns at Sugar Dock". Saipan Tribune. June 14, 2017.
  12. "'Swimmer drowned'". Saipan Tribune. August 18, 2004.
  13. "Authorities recover body of teen". Saipan Tribune. June 22, 2004.
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