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Government maritime advisory, capture and ship brokerage.
HarborPoint finds, captures and prices federal maritime work, and sources the vessels that perform it — through competed solicitations, the research and prototyping vehicles, and the commercial charter and sale market. The clients are vessel owners, prime contractors and technology companies whose work needs a hull, a federal customer, or both.
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Who we work with
| Vessel owners & operators | Commercial tonnage seeking federal employment — charter, sale, or program work — and the registration, reporting and compliance work that comes with it. |
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| Prime contractors | Firms holding or pursuing government contracts with a maritime scope they do not staff internally — named as the maritime teammate on the proposal, or engaged on the award. |
| Unmanned systems companies | USV, UUV and UAS builders who need the host platform, launch and recovery, fielding and sustainment layer their systems assume but their company does not own. |
| Technology small businesses | SBIR and STTR performers whose topic needs a vessel, an offshore asset, or maritime domain expertise to be credible. |
| Defense-tech ventures & investors | Early-stage companies and their backers needing demand validation, capture strategy and a funding path before capital is committed. |
| Shipyards & naval architects | Conversion, modification and reflagging scope tied to a federal award. |
| Commercial firms entering the federal market | Established operators with no government desk — market sizing, set-aside posture, and the first awards that build past performance. |
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What we deliver
Each line stands on its own. Most engagements draw on more than one.
Market Entry & Positioning
Building a government desk where none exists — segment selection, program-office and contracting-activity relationships, prime and subcontract positioning, and early engagement with the requirement owner — before a solicitation is written, while the approach is still open.
Capture & Proposal Management
Opportunity screening, go/no-go gates, compliance matrices and proposal assembly, carried through evaluation discussions and source selection. Run as a standing rhythm, with the same gates on every pursuit.
Pricing & Deal Structure
Bottom-up price-to-win and breakeven day-rate models; charter, purchase, bareboat and contractor-owned / contractor-operated structures compared the way the Government will evaluate them. Teaming and joint-venture arrangements, including those that preserve small-business eligibility.
R&D & Special Projects
Prototyping, experimentation and development work routed through the non-traditional vehicles — SBIR and STTR topic fit and teaming, commercial solutions openings and scout cards, prototype other-transaction agreements and their follow-on production hooks, and prize-challenge sprints — as the maritime asset and domain partner on a technical prime's proposal. Unmanned systems programs read from the operator's side as well as the buyer's.
Vessel Sourcing & Brokerage
U.S.-flag and reflaggable tonnage screened against the governing specification, and offshore or non-vessel assets where the requirement calls for them. Independent diligence before a hull is named — class records, as-fitted particulars, regulatory standing and ownership — so the vessel goes forward on a footing that survives evaluation. Then charter negotiation onto federal terms, and coordination through mobilization, reflagging, shipyard periods and execution.
Diligence & Market Intelligence
Structured research against criteria fixed before the work begins, so the answer can be no — whether a requirement owner and a budget owner exist, who pays, and what would have to be true. Non-dilutive funding strategy across SBIR phases, prototype awards and follow-on production authority. Continuous watch on federal procurement and the SOF and innovation submission channels, enriched with vessel particulars, incumbent precedent and the contracting history behind them.
How an engagement starts
- Send the requirement. A solicitation number, a sources-sought notice, a vessel's particulars, or a system's concept of operations — whatever states the problem.
- A short call. What it is, who owns it, what the Government will evaluate, and what it would take.
- A written read. What fits, what does not, and a recommended path — with scope and terms agreed in writing before work begins.
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Coverage
Where we work
| Military Sealift Command | Time-charter, voyage and bareboat requirements — fuel, special-mission and support tonnage |
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| Navy program offices | Special-mission vessel acquisition, conversion and support |
| SOCOM & PEO Maritime | Mission-configured platforms, unmanned systems, SOF innovation channels |
| Defense innovation organizations | Prototyping and prize-challenge pathways for maritime and unmanned capability |
| U.S. Coast Guard | Support and utility tonnage requirements |
| MARAD | U.S.-flag programs and VISA-participating tonnage |
| NOAA | Research and survey vessel requirements |
Sectors covered
| Tankers | Product and chemical tonnage; military fuel resupply |
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| Offshore | Offshore supply, platform supply and multi-purpose support vessels |
| Tug & barge | Jones Act tug and articulated tug-barge units |
| Special mission | Research, survey and mission-configured hulls |
| Support craft | Crew boats, utility and support tonnage |
| Unmanned systems | Aerial, surface and undersea systems; host platforms, launch and recovery, forward sustainment |
| Offshore assets | Fixed offshore structures and non-vessel platforms where the requirement calls for them |
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Advisory, capture and brokerage, run together.
HarborPoint Maritime is a maritime advisory, capture and brokerage practice working out of Houston and Tampa. Engagements are run end to end — first read of the requirement through award and execution — with the same hands on the market, the pricing and the tonnage.
It was founded by a former special operations logistician who moved into commercial ship brokerage and federal capture — a background on the receiving end of the maritime and unmanned capability the firm now sources.
Company data
- Legal entity
- HarborPoint Holdings LLC
- Doing business as
- HarborPoint Maritime
- UEI
- F8VPBR4MCCW7
- Business status
- SDVOSB · Small Business
- Primary NAICS
- 488510 · 541990 · 541614
- Locations
- Houston, Texas
Tampa, Florida
Engagements are not listed here. Past performance, described by customer type, and references are furnished on request against a specific requirement.
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Start with the requirement.
Most work starts with a short call about a specific requirement — what it is, who owns it, and whether there is a path worth the effort. If there is not, you will hear that first.
PrincipalRyan M. Celona ryan@harborpointmaritime.com
What to send
- Vessel owners
- Particulars, class and flag status, availability window. You will hear which open or forthcoming requirements the vessel fits, and which it does not.
- Prime contractors
- The solicitation or notice number and the maritime scope. You will get a screen against the specification and a written go/no-go read.
- Technology companies
- The concept of operations, what the system assumes about its host, and where the program stands — SBIR phase, prototype agreement, or pre-award.
- Program offices & contracting activities
- Sources-sought and market-research inquiries, and availability questions on a vessel class, are answered on request.