Tiếng Việt
中文 (中国)Administrative correction (please read first): From 01/07/2025, Vietnam has 34 provincial-level administrative units; the former Bac Lieu area now belongs to Ca Mau province. In this article, “Bac Lieu” is only a familiar geographic cluster name, not a current administrative unit. All industrial zones and fishing ports below are mentioned as market context, not as a list of Kadier clients or projects.
Seen from the factory floor, the southernmost industrial cluster has one axis no other cluster in the Mekong Delta can claim: seafood for export. According to Dan Viet (2025), the new Ca Mau borders the sea on three sides, has a coastline of more than 310 km, more than 80 seafood processing plants for export with a combined design capacity of nearly 500,000 tonnes per year, and 6 fishing ports — of which Song Doc, Rach Goc and Ganh Hao are designated to certify the origin of caught seafood. This article does not go beyond one sentence of context on IUU policy or the “yellow card”; its focus is what a factory floor must withstand when the raw material is shrimp, marine fish and salt water.
1. Shrimp and seafood processing floors: wet zones, salt, grease, cleaning
The wet zone of a seafood plant is the harshest environment for an epoxy floor: salt water, grease, organic acids and frequent cleaning all attack the same surface. What is needed, then, is not a generic “water-resistant” coating but a seamless, joint-free system that is easy to clean, slip-resistant in wet areas and resistant to mild chemicals from cleaning agents, in line with the paint manufacturer’s chemical resistance table and the findings of an actual site survey. Different areas of the same plant also need to be layered: a wet receiving and pre-processing area is not the same as a dry packing area, and a forklift traffic area is not the same as an area under machinery. Related article: Epoxy flooring for seafood processing plants.
2. Cold storage and export cold-chain floors: thermal shock, condensation, slip resistance
Seafood for export is inseparable from cold storage. A cold-store floor suffers thermal shock as doors open and close constantly, condensation on cold surfaces, and a higher slip-resistance requirement than an ordinary dry warehouse. When advising, the actual operating temperature range of the store, forklift frequency and condensation conditions should be surveyed, rather than choosing a system by the generic label “cold store”. See also: Epoxy flooring for cold and frozen storage.
3. Aquatic feed floors: dust, machine loads, easy cleaning
Aquatic feed poses a different problem: raw-material dust, loads from grinding and mixing machinery, and cleaning requirements after each shift. Here the system should prioritise abrasion resistance, easy cleaning and clearly marked zones for forklift routes, unlike a wet processing zone, which prioritises slip resistance and salt resistance. Marking zones with floor paint also helps separate raw-material and finished-product flows, reducing cross-contamination in operation.
4. Tra Kha (nearly full) versus Lang Tram (calling for infrastructure investment): two market rhythms
According to VCCI, Tra Kha covers about 63.87–65 ha, is nearly 99% occupied with 25 projects, 19 of them in operation, and is oriented towards clean industries such as garments, electrical and electronics, beverages, building materials, fertiliser and packaging, with Tra Kha port inside the zone (1,000-tonne vessels). Lang Tram, about 94–96.54 ha according to sources, is calling for infrastructure investment, is oriented towards seafood processing and fisheries services, and according to sources already has one seafood processing plant in operation. These two rhythms lead to two different flooring problems: Tra Kha leans towards renovating and upgrading floors in operating plants; Lang Tram leans towards new floors paced with infrastructure progress, and every claim about progress must be cited to its source with the source’s date, never written in the present tense as if infrastructure were already complete. Do not claim that Lang Tram is fully occupied.
5. Khanh An: reading capacity figures within their correct phase scope
For Khanh An, sources record different capacities depending on phase scope: one source records a design capacity of 35,000 tonnes per year, another records phase 1 at 19,000 tonnes per year, and one seafood export project here was adjusted across 3 phases with capital of 38.39 billion VND and a schedule running to July 2027 under the adjustment decision. This article does not pick one figure as absolute, and does not link any specific project or business in the sources to Kadier. The lesson for a plant owner: when reading project news, always ask “is this capacity for the whole project design or for phase 1?” before inferring the floor area that needs doing.
6. Coastal and salt-contaminated conditions: the number one blistering and peeling risk
This is the harshest cluster in the western region for salt and moisture: weak ground, coastal salt contamination, salt mist corroding reinforcement and concrete. The mandatory process before coating is to measure substrate moisture, apply negative waterproofing and use a suitable salt-resistant primer; never coat directly over an untreated salt-contaminated substrate. The two technical reference articles for this section are the article on coastal factories and the article on negative waterproofing — once those two articles are published, the publisher will add the cross-links; this draft does not link to unpublished articles on its own. Also see the published articles: Epoxy coating on damp floors: moisture-barrier solutions and Concrete floor preparation before epoxy coating.
7. Choosing a system by zone: RollCoat, LevelFlow and the layering principle
No single coating system suits the whole cluster. Warehouse and forklift-traffic areas are usually considered with a load-bearing roller system such as RollCoat; areas needing a flat, seamless, easy-to-clean floor are usually considered with a self-levelling system such as LevelFlow; electronics areas, if they have anti-static requirements, are considered with StatGuard only after a survey confirms the requirement. The final system always follows the paint manufacturer’s technical documentation and the findings of an actual survey, not the name of the industrial zone. See the systems: RollCoat — 3-coat roller system, LevelFlow — Self-levelling.
Frequently asked questions
How does a seafood wet-zone floor differ from a dry factory floor? It differs in the combination of loads acting at once: salt water, grease, frequent cleaning and a slip-resistance requirement. The system must therefore be seamless, slip-resistant in wet areas and mildly chemical-resistant per the manufacturer’s table, rather than chosen by generic thickness alone.
Why should you not coat directly over an untreated salt-contaminated substrate? Salt left in the substrate and moisture rising from below are the leading causes of blistering and peeling. A salt-contaminated substrate must be cleaned, treated and moisture-tested first, combined with a suitable primer, before any topcoat.
Does this article claim Kadier has projects in Tra Kha or Khanh An? This article does not claim that Kadier has an office, warehouse, construction team, project or client in the locality, and does not claim Kadier serves any particular industrial zone. The content only describes market demand and a general advisory framework; the specific service scope is confirmed at survey and quotation stage.
How is a quotation calculated, and is there one price for the whole cluster? There is no single price for the whole cluster. A quotation is prepared after an actual survey, based on area, factory or warehouse type, industry and substrate condition. Send that information to receive system advice and a survey appointment.
Contact for advice and quotations
Is your plant or cold store in Tra Kha, Khanh An or another coastal area of Ca Mau, in a wet zone or a cold store? Send the area, the type of factory or warehouse and the industry to receive advice on a salt-resistant, slip-resistant system suited to your site and a survey appointment. Get a quotation at the quotation page or contact us via the contact page — hotline and Zalo 0899355489, WeChat wxid_95o54joujyrr12.
