The severe flooding in Thailand is making its way toward Mahachai, the seafood processing hub close to Bangkok.

“It is heading this way. It should hit us in a few days,” said Choopong Lueskprasert, managing director of Marine Gold Products, a Thai shrimp processor.

Most of the factories will be OK, he told IntraFish. “My plant is one of the newer ones, so we are very high off the ground.”

However, some plants are likely to be damaged.

“Some of the older ones are much lower than the new roads, so they are likely to be under water,” he said.

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