Dutch Pilots’ Corporation (NLC)

All Dutch registered pilots are, by law, members of the Nederlandse loodsencorporatie [NLC] (Dutch Pilots’ Corporation).

The NLC carries out a number of tasks. These tasks are incorporated in the Dutch Pilots’ Act (‘Loodsenwet’). It’s primary tasks are to:

The NLC is a public organisation and consists of three official bodies:

1. the president
2. the board
3. the general assembly

The board is in charge of NLC’s daily activities and carries out a number of legal and independent tasks, all of which concern the promotion of the quality of registered pilots and their services. The general assembly has both a monitoring and a legal task regarding the establishment of decrees. The Minister of Infrastructure and Environment has preventive as well as repressive power.

Existing decrees are:

• decree on professional conduct
• decree on qualification
• decree on the rendering of services
• decree with respect to the articles of apprenticeship for apprentice pilots

High standard service
Apart from the national NLC, there are four regional pilot’s corporations (RLC’s):

• Amsterdam-IJmond
• Rotterdam-Rijnmond
• Scheldemonden
• Noord / North

The registered pilots working in a particular district form these RLC’s.

The RLC’s, too, have three official bodies:

• the president
• the board
• the general assembly

The regional board deals with the profession of registered pilots and their quality on a regional level. The board also ensures that there is a sufficient number of apprentice pilots with a view to maintaining standards of services to shipping. Furthermore, the RLC is responsible for regional education of apprentice pilots.

The general part of the education of apprentice pilots and the permanent education of registered pilots is handled by the STODEL foundation (Stichting Opleiding en Deskundigheidsbevordering Registerloodsen).

• General assembly
• Organisation chart public organisation