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Air duct cleaning in the Colón Free Zone, Panama

The Colón Free Zone is a free trade zone with warehouses, showrooms and offices, and each user company decides about its own premises. Here is how the review is organized.

By Limpieza de Ductos PanamáReviewed October 21, 20263 min readShare

Short answer

Duct cleaning in the Colón Free Zone is the work of inspecting with a camera, and cleaning only where justified, the ducts of warehouses, showrooms and offices of the user companies. It is agreed with each company, between loading shifts, and the visit is confirmed according to the request.

The Colón Free Zone, a free zone of warehouses and showrooms

The Colón Free Zone was created in 1948, started with 35 hectares and 10 companies in the city of Colón, and today covers about 1,064 hectares divided into nine sectors, according to the Ministry of Commerce and Industries. Its companies do importing, exporting and re-exporting, repackaging, storage, sales and redistribution, and La Estrella reports 17,000 staff in 2025.

A space like this combines three very different air systems: warehouses, where the air mostly serves internal offices and packing areas, showrooms, open to customers coming and going, and administrative offices. Because the organic decree lets the Zone lease land and buildings, the decision usually rests with whoever manages each premises and not with a single entity.

Sourced facts about Colón Free Zone

Created in 1948, the Colón Free Zone started with a segregated area of 35 hectares and 10 companies, and today totals about 1,064 hectares in nine sectors. (Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Colón Free Zone)
The Free Zone’s administrator reported in 2025 about 17,000 staff, more than 65% from Colón, and 250 recovered hectares in inventory, of which the New Field logistics center will use 30 in its first stage. (La Estrella de Panamá, ZLC expects 10% growth by the end of 2025)
Article 40 of Decree-Law 18 of 1948, the organic law of the Free Zone, in the text amended by Law 24 of 1997, allows the Zone to lease land and buildings. (Law 24 of 1997, amending Article 40 of Decree-Law 18 of 1948)

Types of place in Colón Free Zone and what is checked first

Type of place	What is checked first
Storage and redistribution warehouses	The internal offices and packing areas, which are the ones that usually have air conditioning, before moving to the general storage hall.
Sales and display showrooms	Diffusers and returns in view of customers, with the inspection outside the busiest visiting hours.
User companies’ offices	The ducts above the false ceiling of the administrative floor, kept separate from the warehouse system.
New logistics centers	The systems of recent buildings, where construction dust matters more than wear.

How the work is coordinated in Colón Free Zone

Each user company decides about its premises. The contact is the company’s manager or head of operations, who authorizes entry to the warehouse, the showrooms and the offices of its premises.
The visit fits between loading shifts. The company is asked when there are fewer dispatches and goods receipts, and work starts in the closed air-conditioned zones, so the operation is not slowed down.
Date confirmed once the request is in hand. When the request arrives, with the company name, the sector of the zone and the type of premises, the crew’s schedule is checked and a possible date is given, with no timeframes promised in advance.

Sectors served in Colón Free Zone

Industry and logistics parksIn a plant, air conditioning serves offices, canteens and process areas under different rules.

Stores and supermarketsA store receives people and goods all day, and its air conditioning works against doors that keep opening.

On this site

All areasThe 54 areas, grouped by district
Camera inspectionThe real condition before deciding
All sectorsWhat changes in each type of place

Climatiza and Radar Panamá

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Frequently asked questions

Do you clean ducts in the Colón Free Zone?

Yes. Limpieza de Ductos Panamá, a Climatiza service, serves companies that use the Free Zone. Its manager or whoever is responsible for the premises agrees on the schedule and access to the warehouse, showroom or office.

Can cleaning be done without stopping dispatches?

Normally the work goes zone by zone, starting with offices and closed areas, and in the warehouse a quieter slot is chosen. Even so, each operation is different, and how to proceed is defined with the head of operations.

Can a company that rents its premises ask for the inspection?

Yes, if the owner or manager of the premises allows it. The user company usually makes the request, and it helps to check the lease to see who is responsible for air conditioning maintenance.

How is it different from a service in the city of Colón?

The Free Zone groups company warehouses, showrooms and offices, while the city has an old quarter, a hospital, schools and apartment buildings. The contacts, the schedules and what is checked first in each system all change.

Keep exploring

All areasThe 54 areas, grouped by district.Open →Industry and logistics parksIn a plant, air conditioning serves offices, canteens and process areas under different rules.Open →Stores and supermarketsA store receives people and goods all day, and its air conditioning works against doors that keep opening.Open →Camera inspectionThe real condition before deciding.Open →

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Are you in Colón Free Zone?

Tell us what type of place it is and which part of Colón Free Zone it is in. A camera inspection shows the inside of the ducts before anything is decided.