In the third quarter of this year, cruise terminals Global Ports Holding (GPH), which is the main global independent operator in the sector, have moved a traffic of 3.6 million passengers, an increase of +39.9% over the same period in 2022. The figure also represents a growth of +622.5% over the third quarter of 2021 when the The cruise industry was recovering after the shutdown occurred for almost all of 2020 due to the pandemic of Covid-19, but also an increase of over one million passengers compared to the third quarter of 2019 when the crisis was still had not begun.

The volume of cruise traffic recorded in the period July-September of 2023 has been made to the terminals of the company from the calls of 1,091 ships, with an increase of +15.0% on the same quarter last year. In particular, the 302 cruise ship calls (+22.3%) at GPH terminals in the Americas brought in traffic of almost 1.1 million passengers (+27.5%), the 288 stopovers (+1.4%) at the group's terminals in the Eastern Mediterranean generated traffic of 620,000 passengers (+34.3%), the 281 stopovers (+27.7%) at terminals in the Western Mediterranean accounted for more than 1.1 million passengers (+43.8%) and the 209 stopovers (+5.6%) at terminals in the Central Mediterranean, a region that includes terminals in Italy, a Malta and Tunisia produced a traffic of 755,000 passengers (+61,6%).

In the third quarter of this year, the company's revenues amounted to $52.6 million, up +42% on the corresponding period of 2022, and Ebitda was 35.6 million (+42%).