Where is Front Circassia now?

Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Front Circassia in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.

What kind of ship is Front Circassia?

Front Circassia is a ship, built in 1999 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery. The vessel is 333 m long and has a gross tonnage of 163,346.

What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Front Circassia?

Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Front Circassia from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Front Circassia. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

Front Circassia

ship · built 1999

IMO9166742No AIS position on record

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In short

Front Circassia (ship) has no AIS position on record with Voydar.

Vessel type: ship
Flag: —
Year built: 1999
Gross tonnage: 163,346
Size (length × beam): 333 m
Registered owner: —

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Last reported position

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Identity & particulars

Name: Front Circassia
IMO numberWhat is an IMO number?: 9166742
MMSIWhat is an MMSI?: —
Call signWhat is a call sign?: —
Flag: —
Vessel type: ship
Gross tonnageGross tonnage vs deadweight: 163,346
Length overall: 333 m
Beam: —
Year built: 1999

A tag next to a value names the register that supplied it (hover or tap it for the record and date). Values without a tag come from the ship's own AIS broadcasts or from Wikidata. Position and identity are derived live from AIS.

Ownership & management

Each line shows where the fact comes from. Links backed by an identifier point to the company page.

Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery
Source: Wikidata · reported · confidence 0.8 · retrieved Sep 22, 2026

Timeline

Dated events for this ship from every source Voydar holds, newest first. Each line names its source; derived items say how they were derived.

Date	Event	Source
Oct 28, 2010	Reported departure from Long BeachAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Oct 11, 2010	Reported arrival at Long BeachAuthority-reported	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Jan 1, 2004	Former name: Omala	Wikidata
Jan 1, 1999	Former name: Golden Circassia	Wikidata
Jan 1, 1999	Former name: New Circassia	Wikidata

Owner, operator and manager changes found by comparing yearly EU MRV reports are dated to the reporting year ("during 2025"), not to a day. Port calls here are the most recent only; the full lists are further down.

Former and other names

Names attested for this ship other than its current name.

Name	Evidence	Date	Source
Omala	Former name	Jan 1, 2004	Wikidata
Golden Circassia	Former name	Jan 1, 1999	Wikidata
New Circassia	Former name	Jan 1, 1999	Wikidata

A sanctions list's date is the earliest date the list shows the name, not when the ship took it. A name on a list is shown as a former name only where AIS shows the ship using another name after that date; otherwise it is listed as a name the list uses. AIS name changes are dated when Voydar saw them.

Source: Wikidata. Licence: CC0 1.0.

Port calls

Two kinds of evidence, kept apart: calls Voydar detected from the ship's AIS positions, and arrivals and departures published by port authorities and customs records.

Reported by authorities Authority-reported

Port	Record	Date (UTC)	Berth	Source
Long Beach USLGB	Departure	Oct 28, 2010(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances
Long Beach USLGB	Arrival	Oct 11, 2010(date only)	—	USACE foreign traffic vessel entrances & clearances

Records published by the authority named on each row. Earliest record for this ship: October 11, 2010.

Source: US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center (US CBP entrance/clearance records). Licence: US Government work — public domain.

Frequently asked questions

Where is Front Circassia now?: Voydar has no displayable AIS position for Front Circassia in this profile. A coverage gap does not establish whether the ship is transmitting or where it is now.
What kind of ship is Front Circassia?: Front Circassia is a ship, built in 1999 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery. The vessel is 333 m long and has a gross tonnage of 163,346.
What sanctions and inspection records does Voydar hold for Front Circassia?: Voydar has no matched sanctions record displayed for Front Circassia from the OFAC SDN list, the UK Sanctions List, the Canadian autonomous sanctions list, the EU list of designated vessels, the New Zealand Russia Sanctions Register and the French national asset-freeze register. Coverage may be incomplete; this is not sanctions clearance. No matched inspection records are displayed for Front Circassia. Missing records do not establish whether the ship has been detained.

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