In the seafood export industry, maintaining the “gold standard” of post-harvest freshness is vital to a business's profitability. A cold storage for shrimp built to standard is not simply about holding a deep sub-zero temperature; it also has to control humidity tightly to prevent freezer burn or moisture loss in the shrimp.
With more than 20 years of experience building industrial refrigeration projects in Vietnam, Tan Long delivers in-depth design and installation of cold storage for black tiger and whiteleg shrimp. We apply our exclusive T-Light cold storage door technology to minimise heat loss, combined with imported industrial refrigeration systems, helping businesses optimise their running costs and ensure their shrimp always meets the most demanding export standards.
What is a shrimp cold store?
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With over 20 years of leading experience in the industrial HVAC&R industry, Tan Long As an EPC general contractor, we are responsible for the design, equipment supply, and turnkey construction of a series of large-scale national cold supply chain projects.
- ASRS NECS smart cold storage (Ben Luc, Long An): With a capacity of 102,642 pallet positions, a strict temperature range of -20°C to -25°C, and high-level automation.
- AJ Total Vietnam Logistics Cold Storage (Long Hau & Pho Noi Industrial Parks): 31,000 pallet positions, Mycom NH3 & Freon inverter cooling system for energy saving.
- Ca Mau Clean Seafood Processing Complex: IQF ultra-fast freezing system, -40°C blast freezer, and storage facilities for pangasius and shrimp for export to the EU/HACCP.
- Leading F&B partners: Saigon Food, Nutifood Binh Duong & Hung Yen, KIDO Foods, Meito Vietnam, Schenker Logistics…
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In a modern seafood supply chain, a cold storage for shrimp is not simply a cold room for storage but a closed engineered system designed to hold the optimum temperature range (normally −18°C to −25°C for frozen shrimp). A cold storage design built to standard suppresses the bacteria and breakdown enzymes immediately after the catch, keeping the shrimp fresh and meeting the demanding food safety standards of both the domestic and the export markets.
Why installing a shrimp cold store matters
Shrimp is a high-value food, rich in protein that restores energy and supports memory. The EPA, DHA and beneficial fats it contains bring considerable physical health benefits. Those nutrients are readily lost, however, without strict temperature control.
Investing in the system cold storage for shrimp professional, from a reputable supplier such as Tan Long delivers outstanding benefits:
- Preserving nutrition: Keeping the full protein and mineral content over a long period in store.
- Preventing freezer burn: Use the system industrial refrigeration A modern one controls humidity, preventing the shrimp drying out or changing colour.
- Optimize operations: Combined with our exclusive T-Light cold storage door solution to prevent heat loss, reducing the business's electricity costs.
Investing in a cold storage is the key to a seafood business raising its competitiveness and delivering the best quality finished product to the consumer.
Why a business should invest in a shrimp cold store
With the seafood market becoming ever more demanding, investing in a cold storage installation for shrimp is not just a storage solution but a core business strategy. Here are the key reasons this system is a top priority for businesses:
- Substantially longer storage life: System cold storage for shrimp is designed to hold a stable deep sub-zero temperature (normally −18°C to −25°C). This ideal environment completely suppresses bacteria, allowing shrimp to be stored for 6–12 months while remaining safe and at quality.
- Preserving nutritional and sensory value: Thanks to modern industrial refrigeration , the airflow in the store is calculated to circulate evenly, so the shrimp keeps its sweetness and natural colour and avoids the freezer burn common with improvised storage methods.
- Raising competitiveness in the market: Having a dedicated cold storage for shrimp lets a business hold stock at the peak of the harvest and regulate supply when shrimp is scarce, optimising profit and its position against competitors.
- Meeting international export standards: Current government export support policies require storage to meet HACCP or ISO standards. Investing in a properly built industrial cold storage design is the fastest way for a business to meet those demanding legal criteria and take Vietnamese shrimp to the world.
- Improving the efficiency of the whole system: A process cold storage construction built to standard and matched to the plant's production process reduces product losses while saving substantially on monthly electricity costs.
The detailed construction of a shrimp cold store built to standard
To keep shrimp at its freshest and meet demanding export standards, the construction of a cold storage for shrimp needs designing as a matched system of genuine imported equipment.
The compressor system
The compressor is the most important component in cold storage installation for shrimp. A compressor running reliably controls the temperature accurately, avoiding deterioration in the seafood.
- Selecting the capacity: Choose a compressor and condenser pack sized to the actual cold storage construction for shrimp, to optimise electricity consumption.
- Temperature standard: The system must hold an ideal environment at -20°C to -25°C (with a very low tolerance of ±2°C).
- Product core temperature: For shrimp to hold its quality over a long period in particular, the product core temperature must reach -18°C or lower before it goes into storage.
- Control system: It should be integrated. PLC control cabinet intelligent, to monitor temperature and humidity continuously. For live shrimp held short-term, the temperature needs to be 2–3°C at 85–100% humidity.
Cold storage shell
Shell of cold storage for shrimp determines the store's thermal performance and how well it prevents cold escaping to the outside. At Tân Long, we use premium insulated panels:
- Panel material: Use PU (Polyurethane) Panel high density (40–42 kg/m³). This panel has good compressive strength and high durability, with both faces clad in stainless or colour-coated steel 0.4 mm to 0.6 mm thick.
- Standard thickness: For a shrimp freezer store, choose panel of 100 mm to 150 mm for complete thermal performance.
- Durable jointing: The panels are joined with tongue-and-groove or camlock fastenings, so the walls are completely tight and no moisture enters.
- Quality certification: Installing with Tân Long, customers can be entirely confident in a panel system with full CO, CQcertification — no substandard materials.
Cold storage door
The door is where goods constantly move in and out, so it needs to be extremely robust and tightly sealed.
- Types: Depending on the space, you can choose a hinged door (for small stores, where strength matters) or a sliding door (for restricted spaces or where forklifts need a wide opening).
- Exclusive technology: Tân Long is proud to supply its purpose-made T-Light cold storage door . This door has outstanding thermal performance, with a frame heater to prevent icing, so it always opens and closes smoothly and safely.
- Practicality: The door design must make it convenient to move shrimp from the processing area into the cold storage for shrimp and back, minimising the time the door is open and saving electricity.
Who needs a shrimp cold store designed and installed?
In the seafood value chain, having a dedicated cold storage design is the key to guaranteeing product quality from the catch through to the consumer. The following groups particularly need to invest in one:
- Seafood businesses and processing plants: These are the top priority. Producers of peeled, battered or canned shrimp need a cold storage for shrimp to store raw material before and after it goes through the IQF conveyor or industrial freezing cabinetssystem, maintaining a continuous cold chain.
- Fishing and aquaculture households and cooperatives: Shrimp harvested from a pond or caught offshore needs to go into a cold environment immediately. Installing a cold storage at the port or the central farming area lets fishermen hold their price and avoid shrimp spoiling in ambient heat.
- Exporters and logistics businesses: For businesses taking shrimp to international markets (the EU, USA, Japan), a HACCP/ISO-compliant cold storage for shrimp is mandatory. It ensures the shrimp core temperature is always −18°C, meeting demanding international quarantine and food safety standards.
- Distribution networks and supermarkets: Large transit stores need a way to hold shrimp in bulk to regulate supply to the retail market, ensuring it keeps the firm texture and nutritional value it had at harvest.
Working with a professional partner such as Tan Long on cold storage construction helps all of the above optimise their storage process, reduce losses and maximise profit.
The latest 2026 shrimp cold store design and construction price list
Establishing the capital cost of a cold storage for shrimp depends on a number of technical factors: the plant capacity, the type of insulated panel and the installation area. To give you a clear picture, Tan Long offers the following specification and indicative price table for the most common store types:
Shrimp cold store installation price list (indicative):
| Capacity (tonnes) | Dimensions: width × length × height (mm) | Indicative unit price |
| 25 tonnes | 5.400 * 5.400 * 3.000 | [Contact for a quote] |
| 50 tonnes | 5.400 * 10.800 * 3.000 | [Contact for a quote] |
| 100 tonnes | 10.800 * 10.800 * 3.000 | [Contact for a quote] |
| 150 tonnes | 10.800 * 16.200 * 3.000 | [Contact for a quote] |
| 200 tonnes | 10.800 * 21.600 * 3.000 | [Contact for a quote] |
Note:
- The prices above are indicative only, based on standard dimensions.
- Depending on your actual needs, you can request a customised cold storage design with its own footprint and volume, to make the best use of your factory space.
- For shrimp that needs rapid freezing before storage, we recommend also looking at an industrial freezing cabinets or blast freezing rooms system, to ensure the best possible seafood quality.
In practice, for the same capacity, the price of a cold storage for shrimp varies with the equipment configuration:
- The compressor system: The price varies with the brand of refrigeration compressor you choose (Bitzer – Germany, Danfoss – France, Mycom/Mitsubishi – Japan, or Korean and Chinese ranges).
- Panel thickness: Using PU panel at 100 mm, 125 mm or 150 mm to improve the insulation.
- Type of door: Choosing a standard hinged door or a premium T-Light cold storage door that prevents heat loss.
For the best technical solution at the lowest cost, please contact the engineering team at Tan Longdirectly. We will survey the site and advise on the turnkey shrimp cold store construction solution that best suits your budget.
Standard maintenance and cleaning procedures for a shrimp cold store
For the system to run reliably and for the shrimp always to meet export quality, routine maintenance is inseparable from the investment. At Tan Long, we commit to supporting our customers through a demanding aftercare programme:
- Monthly technical inspection: Throughout the operation of the cold storage for shrimp, Tân Long's qualified engineers visit the site in person to check the technical readings. That work focuses on optimising the performance of the refrigeration compressorpack and checking the tightness of the wall system and the instrumentation, to catch any risk of heat loss early.
- Annual deep clean and disinfection: Each year we work with the business to carry out a full industrial clean and disinfection of the cold storage for shrimp. That covers cleaning the evaporators, checking the drainage system and dealing with residual bacteria in the store. Comprehensive maintenance of the cold storage not only extends equipment life but guarantees full compliance with food safety standards (HACCP/ISO).
Professionalism in cold storage construction combined with Tân Long's attentive maintenance service gives a business complete confidence in its seafood supply chain, optimising costs and ensuring the highest product value when it reaches the consumer.
Tan Long – A company providing services, installation, construction, and design of cold storage facilities for frozen shrimp.
In a modern seafood supply chain, maintaining an unbroken cold chain is what determines the commercial value of shrimp in international markets. Tan Long is proud to be a leading strategic partner in Vietnam, providing complete solutions from in-depth cold storage design consultancy through to building cold storage for shrimp systems to export standard. With a thorough understanding of the biochemistry of black tiger and whiteleg shrimp, we are committed to delivering a stable storage environment in the ideal range of −18°C to −25°C, so the product keeps its full freshness, firmness and original nutritional value while meeting demanding standards such as HACCP and ISO.
Choosing Tân Long, your business gains outstanding technical and commercial value:
- Modern compressor technology: We use refrigeration compressor systems from world-leading brands such as Bitzer, Mycom and Danfoss, ensuring rapid cooling and reliable operation in a high-humidity environment.
- Optimised thermal barrier: Use the system T-Light cold storage door Our exclusive solution combined with high-density PU insulated panel eliminates heat loss, saving up to 30% of the monthly electricity cost.
- Construction is on schedule: Procedure cold storage installation is carried out by experienced engineers, with a commitment to handover as promised, backed by professional scheduled maintenance so the store always runs at its best.
- Integrated freezing solutions: For export shrimp, Tân Long also advises on combining an air blast freezer or IQF flat conveyor belt system for ultra-rapid freezing before the product goes into long-term storage.
Combining modern technology with dedication on every project has made Tân Long a solid foundation for hundreds of seafood businesses in Vietnam. We do not simply build cold stores; we create solutions that preserve the very best of your product. For in-depth advice on a cold storage for shrimp, contact us now on the hotline: (+84) 933357058 – Mr. Thinh for a quotation and the best construction proposal.
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Frequently asked questions about shrimp cold storage
Why does shrimp need a dedicated cold store?
Because shrimp deteriorates very quickly after harvest. A temperature that is not low enough, or that fluctuates, discolours the shrimp, softens the body and reduces its commercial value — particularly for export.
What does a shrimp cold store need?
An insulated envelope of the right thickness for the operating temperature range, a refrigeration system of sufficient capacity, a sensible defrost cycle, surfaces that clean easily, and temperature monitoring for the traceability records.
Should shrimp be frozen first before going into the storage room?
Correct. A storage room is designed to hold a temperature, not to bring down the temperature of a large mass of goods. Putting unfrozen shrimp into a storage room raises the store temperature and affects everything already in it.
What causes freezer burn in frozen shrimp?
Because the packaging is not sealed, so the surface of the shrimp is exposed to cold dry air, combined with a fluctuating store temperature that lets water sublimate and refreeze. The result is a dry, fibrous, discoloured surface and a loss of value.
What else must an export shrimp cold store meet?
Beyond temperature, it must meet the food safety requirements of the importing market, have continuous temperature logging for the records, and be laid out to prevent cross-contamination between areas.
Does Tân Long build cold stores for seafood plants?
Yes. Tân Long specialises in refrigeration systems for the seafood industry — from flake ice machines and IQF freezing systems to storage cold rooms — delivered turnkey for processing plants.
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Engineer Nguyen Toan Thinh (Technical Director)
With over 18 years of practical experience in directing, consulting, designing, and constructing heavy industrial refrigeration systems, ASRS automated warehouses, and IQF freezing systems across more than 29 major national projects.
