Wärtsilä has found deviations on the fuel consumption of some marine engines in delivery



The Wärtsilä Finn has announced to have municipal of own initiative test on the fuel consumption of the marine engines produced from the group that, relatively to a limited number of engines, has evidenced deviations regarding the declared fuel consumption. The tests are carried out in the Wärtsilä Delivery Centre of Trieste on engines waiting for being delivered to the customers.

Wärtsilä has specified that such deviations are pairs medium to 1% of the declared fuel consumption and that such deviations are ascertained relatively to 2% of the engines in delivery. The group has specified that such replies do not regard the engines for the electric power plants and that ulterior anomalies in other fields are not found. Clarifying moreover that the marine engines for which such deviations are found have turned out consistent to the norms and requirement established from the classification organisms and to requirement for the tests in sea, Wärtsilä it has emphasized that such verifications have evidenced that the impact on the customers of such deviations on the consumption is completely marginal.

According to assessed how much from Wärtsilä, such deviations would be caused by a limited number of assigned "that - has explained the group - they do not have evidently I churn in the respect of the work instructions and our code of behavior influencing the results of the tests". "Such actions - it has emphasized moreover Wärtsilä communicating the outcome of the verifications - I am in evident violation of the business policies and the society currency the case with much rigor". Wärtsilä has announced that, in order to assure the effettuazione of procedures and new and transparent controls, the modalities of effettuazione of the tests have reexamined all and have assumed immediate corrective measures whereby are found difference, so as to be able to assure that all the tests are lead rigorous standards second.

"Wärtsilä - it has declared the president and managing director of the Finnish group, Jaakko Eskola - asks all its employee to act in compliance with the internal directives and the norms and the regulations. Sincerely we have displeased for the eventual loss of confidence caused from this violation to our policies and business values and we will put ourselves immediately in contact with our customers".