U.S. cruise group Royal Caribbean Cruises has sold to the British terminal operator Global Ports Holding (GPH), which is wholly owned by the group Global Investment Holdings (GIH), Turkey's stake in the Creuers del Port de Barcelona, the company that manages cruise traffic in the port of Barcelona, where the Terminals A, B and C at the Adossat pier at the Port of Barcelona and the North and South terminals in the World Trade Center area. The group In fact, the US sold 38% of the capital of the company to GPH. Barcelona Port Investments (BPI). As a result of this transaction, the GPH's indirect participation in the Creuers del Port de Barcelona increased to 100%.

In recent days, on the occasion of the presentation of the Results for the first nine months of 2023 ( of 10 November 2023), Global Ports Holding has announced that the terms of the transaction are confidential, but it clarified that the price of purchase is less than $20 million.

Thanks to the transaction with Royal Caribbean, GPH has increased its 62% to 100% of its stake in the Malaga Cruise Port, the Company that manages cruise traffic in the port Malaga, Spain, has also increased its stake in SATS-Creuers Cruise Services, which it manages cruise docks in the Port of Singapore as well as the 46.2% to 50% its stake in Lisbon Cruise Port, which operates the cruise traffic in the Portuguese port of Lisbon.