Casablanca, MOROCCO - Port - 1912: The Port of Casablanca (Arabic: ميناء الدار البيضاء‎‎ , French: Port de Casablanca ) refers to the collective facilities and terminals that conduct maritime trade handling functions in Casablanca's harbors and which handle Casablanca's shipping. Before being invaded by the Portuguese in the XVIth century, Casablanca used to be known as Anfa. The Portuguese used the ruins of Anfa to build a military fortress in 1515, and were eventually expelled by the Moroccan Saadi Dynasti in 1530. The foundation of the current port started during the reign of Sidi Mohammed Bin Abdellah, the Alawi Sultan of Morocco in the XVIIIth century. It is this Sultan who named it Addar Al Beida, or Casablanca. The Moroccan administration of the time entrusted to the "Compagnie Marocaine" the construction of a small port whose water surface to be sheltered does not exceed 10 hectares. The work started in 1906, consisted of the construction of two small piers out of grip of share and others of the wet dock. The port of Casablanca began to be developed in 1906. This White Border Era (1915-30) postcard shows a view of the port in 1912. Barton, Alhambra.