Concor set to source containers locally: CMD

State-owned Container Corporation of India Ltd. (Concor) on Friday said it plans to source its annual requirement of about 8,000 containers, which till now were being imported from China, solely from domestic manufacturers. Concor, that spends about ₹200 crore annually on procurement of containers, had already given a developmental order for 1,000 containers each to Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) and Braithwaite & Co. — both public sector undertakings. For the remaining 6,000 containers, the company would soon issue tenders in which only domestic firms would be able to participate.