New Delhi, July 3 -- India on Friday unveiled its first domestically manufactured export-import (exim) shipping container for global shipping major Maersk, marking a step towards building a domestic maritime manufacturing industry.

The container, manufactured by DCM Shriram Group, was handed over to A.P. Moller-Maersk at Container Corp. of India's (Concor) inland container depot in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh.

Maersk also placed an order for 1,000 more containers, signalling early confidence in the country's manufacturing capabilities, according to the ministry of ports, shipping and waterways.

The development comes at a time when the Centre seeks to position India as a global hub for container manufacturing under its maritime self-reliance s...