Port of Derna is one of the ancient and strategic ports in Libya, it was a rocky head called (Ras Al Matarees) with a sandy crescent that includes the bridge area with a small wooden pier until the year 1912, and upon the arrival of the Italian colonization, where the construction of the first armed berth was started in the port in order to load and unload machinery and equipment And other goods, and in 1966 the Danish company arrived, which maintained, expanded and deepened the berth to receive larger ships, and then a contract was made with the Canal Company (Egyptian company) to expand and develop the berth and establish a maintenance workshop and warehouse for storing goods and an administrative building consisting of two floors (currently the customs building), and in1982, the Hyundai Company (Korean company) implemented the second phase by constructing the port basin, building berths, warehouses and facilities, and in 1986 it was operated by the Libyan Ports Company, which undertook the development and operation of the port until now.