Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta Wednesday said terrorists might use shipping containers to transfer nuclear weapons, reported the Indo-Asian News Service.

Mehta said container is "the most likely means for the terrorist organizations for illegal transporting of nuclear weapons", said the report.

The report quoted the navy chief as saying any country from where a container leaves "should issue safety certificates" to "certify that whichever container leaves the port is safe".

Ten terrorists used sea route to stage a high-profile attack upon Mumbai last November, killing at least 173 and wounding over 300.

The navy chief also called for closer coordination among the country's navy, coast guard and port authorities, such as setting up "control rooms" in the eastern and western naval commands.

"These (control rooms) are the measures we propose for greater coordination that a joint operation center functions from eastern and western command," the report quoted him as saying.

The Indian government has recently decided to establish a coast command to strengthen what it called "grassroot" security at the country's long coastlines.

Source:Xinhua