The Loodswezen is a listed building located at Tavernierkaai no. 3 in Antwerp on the so-called Eilandje , right next to the Museum aan de Stroom , which has been used for temporary exhibitions since 2018.The building is located on the right bank of the Scheldt upstream of the approach to the Bonaparte Lock . The symmetrically designed building on a quasi-square plan has a strong image-defining function as a link between the old city and the port.
The Antwerp Pilotage Building is a building built in an eclectic style on the Tavernierkaai between 1892 and 1895, which housed the administrative services of the Pilotage . The architects Hendrik Kennes and Ferdinand Truyman drew up the design.Until 2016, the building housed the Maritime Inspectorate, the Pilotage and the Fleet and Maritime Scheldt. The following year, the City of Antwerp bought the building from the Flemish Region