Turkey's Global Ports Holding (GPH) has been awarded the European tender for the management of the Columbus Cruise terminal Center Bremerhaven (CCCB) of the port of Bremerhaven as part of a ten-year concession contract, with option for a further five years, which will start from 1 January 2025. Recalling that the Land of Bremen is currently investing about 80 million euros in the development of cruise activities in Bremerhaven, the Senator for the Economy, Ports and Bremen transformation, Kristina Vogt, specified that Global Ports Holding has committed to discuss the continuation the employment relationship with current employees of the CCCB, whose Concession contract will expire at the end of 2024.

Last year in Bremerhaven the cruise traffic is state of over 230 thousand passengers, of which 90% at disembarkation and embarkation. Currently the network of Global Ports Holding is It consists of 27 cruise terminals in 14 countries.