World Fuel Services (WFS) is appealing against a US court decision in its $1.46m arrest action against a Spliethoff Group ship.

Amsterdam-based Spliethoff — the winner of a summary judgment in the Southern District of Florida federal court — believes the bunkerer is deliberately ignoring the results of a judicial sale that should have left its 20,170-dwt heavylift multipurpose ship Parkgracht (built 2009) free and clear of debts.