UK owner PGS Geophysical is going to Norway's supreme court in a bid to overturn a EUR 9m ($10.9m) ruling in a vessel resale case.
Norway's GC Rieber won a Gulating court appeal in April against PGS, but it said on Tuesday that the claimant is appealing this decision at the country's highest court.
Rieber subsidiary Armada Seismic Invest II was sued in 2012 by Arrow Seismic Invest II, now called PGS Geophysical (UK).
It alleged that Armada paid the wrong party when it took delivery of the 20,000-hp Polar Duchess from Spain’s Factorias Vulcano shipyard in October 2011.
After various delays due to procedural issues, Bergen district court kicked out the claim in 2016, but this was then appealed.
Armada has been awarded costs of NOK 3.4m ($0.42m).
The vessel had been ordered by Arrow in 2006 and transferred to rival owner PGS in 2007, when PGS acquired Arrow.
The contracts were cancelled in 2009 due to delays.
"Armada maintains its view that the claim is unfounded, which was also confirmed by Bergen district court in the first instance and Gulating court of appeal in Bergen in the second instance," GC Rieber said.
"Armada will continue to defend itself against the claim before the supreme court."
