The super yacht built for late Apple founder Steve Jobs was seized in the port of Amsterdam by bailiffs following a bill row with product designer Philippe Starck, Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad reported on Friday.

Last Wednesday the bailiffs of the Amsterdam court boarded the ship, called Venus, and chained it to the dock forbidden to be moved.

The row is about an unpaid invoice of 3 million euros (about 4 million U.S. dollars) sent by Starck, who worked with Jobs for years in designing the ship. As a compensation he would get six percent of the costs of the yacht.

Since Venus was estimated at 150 million euros, Starck expected to receive a payment of nine million euros.

However, according to the heirs Jobs' ship in reality only cost 105 million euros and as a result Starck was paid six million euros. The French designer did not get a response to the invoice for the remaining three million euros, Het Financieele Dagblad reported.

The 80-meter aluminum motor ship was just about to leave the port of Amsterdam. After a construction period of two years, Venus was launched in Aalsmeer two months ago and delivered to Jobs' widow Laurene.

Steve Jobs died in October last year at 56 years old. He had planned to sail the world on the Venus with his wife and children. The yacht includes a sun terrace with Jacuzzi and is controlled via seven 27-inch iMacs.

The duration of the seizure is yet unknown. It might still end up in an amicable solution. Jobs and Starck became good friends during their cooperation and never contractually agreed the payment.

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