To buy new containers, A.P. Møller-Mærsk has
decided not to turn to Chinese manufacturers, world leaders in the
sector, nor to his company Maersk Container
Industry, specialized in the construction of reefer containers. The
Danish shipping group, in fact, has become the first
global carrier of the containerized shipping industry
to order new containers of sustained Indian production
by the National Financial Institute for Foreign Trade
Export-Import Bank of India. The Danish group said that the
The order represents the culmination of a journey that began in February
2025 when the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the
Maersk, Robert Maersk Uggla, had met in New Delhi the first
Indian Minister Narendra Modi who had urged Maersk to
actively support the development of container production of
world class in India.
The order, relating to the supply of one thousand containers, is
was issued against the Indian DCM Shriram. Maersk has
specified that the competitiveness of Indian production of
container has been supported by the government's decisive measures
of New Delhi which included in India's 2026 budget one
A specific incentive programme worth Rs 100 billion
(one billion dollars) which created the conditions for
Indian containers can compete on the world market. The
Danish group has made it clear that it is its intention
Intensify its commitment to increasing production
of containers in India.
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