About Nederlands loodswezen

About company

Loodswezen is the organisation which contributes to the safe and efficient handling of shipping traffic. Their main task is to guide more than 90,000 sea-going vessels a year which are subject to compulsory pilotage into and out of the Dutch and Flemish seaports. To this extent, they are on call 24 hours a day in all weather conditions. Their expertise dates back four hundred years. Four centuries of Dutch shipping history which abound with historical moments and traditions.