The Autorité Portuaire Nationale (APN) is a port district established in 1985 placed under the trusteeship of the secretariat of State of Finance of Economic Affairs.
[1] The first port development in Port-au-Prince (Fort Islet) dates back to colonial times.
In fact, it was backfilling a rocky reef, in order to provide for the establishment of a defense system for ships sheltered in the bay, to protect them against attack ships belonging to other powers, pirates and privateers plying the region.
Five years later, in 1978, a new name it is granted: the National Ports Authority under the supervision of the Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs.
[2] The Autorité Portuaire Nationale manages and maintains infrastructure critical to Haiti's marine trade and transportation network.