Demo · One Box · 60s
Ocean and NVOCC
Service launches, schedule reliability and fuel-transition stories for carriers, feeders and NVOCCs.
Film studio for global trade
Films for the companies that move the world.
Shipping lines, air cargo, carriers, 3PLs, forwarders and customs brokers carry the global economy. We turn their lanes, facilities and people into films buyers remember. Human-directed, produced in days, ready for every market.
01Featured films
Two films. One promise.
Monday, 6 AM follows one box to a factory line that cannot stop. The Next Ten Years looks at what will change in global trade, and what will not. Sixty seconds each, unbranded, ready for client versions.
02Featured work · Ocean
One box. One ocean. Sixty seconds.
A single container leaves an auto-parts factory near Shenzhen for a family garage in Los Angeles. Integrated logistics, told through one promise. Six ten-second shots, produced and cut in days.
Choose a lane
00:00 – 00:10
“Every box has a promise inside.”
Unbranded showcase. Client versions carry your own marks, placed in the edit from your own files.
03Capabilities
Everything a logistics brand needs on screen.
One production system, seven formats. Each film ships as a master plus the cutdowns and aspect ratios your channels need.
- 01
Brand films
The sixty-second film that tells a buyer who has never heard of you exactly why you matter.
60s master · 30/15/6s cuts - 02
Service and lane launches
A new route, port call, freighter rotation or facility, announced in a format people actually watch.
30s launch · social cuts - 03
Sales and tender films
A two-minute answer to the question in every RFP: why you, on this lane, for this cargo.
90–120s · deck-ready stills - 04
Recruiting films
Drivers, warehouse teams and seafarers, shown the job honestly and in their own language.
30s · vertical first - 05
Trade-show and lobby loops
Silent, seamless loops designed for booths, lobbies and conference screens.
60–180s loop · 4K - 06
Localization and versioning
One master, every market: voice, subtitles, on-screen text and disclosure labels per country.
12+ languages - 07
Always-on social
Cutdowns and ad variants for LinkedIn, YouTube, Meta and TikTok, programmed and produced around your needs, including holiday and observance films for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day and other key dates.
Scheduled to your calendar
04Industries
Enormous industries. Almost no storytelling.
Global trade runs on companies most people never see. Their marketing is spreadsheets and trade-show brochures. That is the gap we close.
Demo · Nose Door · 30s
Air cargo
Freighter capacity, GSA networks, ground handling and time-critical lanes, finally on screen.
Demo · Night Lane · 30s
Road freight
Fleets that sell by phone. A lane film keeps a carrier front of mind with shippers.
Demo · Peak · 30s
Warehousing and 3PL
Virtual facility tours and peak-season capacity, without flying the buyer in.
Demo · The Conductor · 30s
Freight forwarding
Every forwarder claims the same things. A story about your niche and your people does not.
Demo · Held · 30s
Customs brokerage
Tariff changes explained in thirty seconds, and the trust story of the shipment that did not wait.
Also on our slate
Cold chainPorts and terminalsRail and intermodalShip management and crewingTesting and certificationIndustrial distributionEquipment rentalMarine and cargo insurance
05Global delivery
One studio. Every time zone.
CargoCut is an American company with a remote-first production model. We brief over video, review in a shared player and deliver masters and cutdowns ready for any market.
Americas
United States, Canada and Latin America. English, Spanish and Portuguese. FTC-aware claims and platform-ready delivery.
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Europe, the UK, Türkiye, the Gulf and Africa. European languages, Turkish and Arabic.
Asia-Pacific
Singapore, India, Japan, China and Australia. Local-language voice and subtitles.
English · Español · Português · Français · Deutsch · Italiano · Nederlands · Polski · Türkçe · العربية · हिन्दी · 中文 · 日本語
19,000+
forwarding, logistics and customs firms in Europe
CLECAT16,170
licensed customs brokers in the United States
U.S. CBP2.9M
unfilled truck-driver jobs across 18 markets
IRU70%
of B2B buyers watch video during the purchase path
Levitate Media06Approach
We show you the film before we ask for the budget.
Every engagement starts with a private spec film made for your company. If it earns a conversation, we shape the production around your brief: a single hero film, an ongoing series or a wider partnership.
01 · Spec
A free spec film
20 seconds · 3 business days
Built from your website, lanes and news: a new route, a new facility, a trade show. Private, labeled and yours to judge.
02 · Sprint
Your hero film
60s + cutdowns · 10 business days
Scoped to your brief, sized for a single approver. Three aspect ratios, two revision rounds, one language included.
03 · Series
A film program
Ongoing · multilingual
Lane spots, tender films, recruiting films and ad variants on a steady rhythm, so buyers remember you when they are ready.
Services and collaboration
Every engagement is shaped around your lanes, markets and timeline. Tell us what you need and we will come back with a clear written proposal.
ProductionA hero film and cutdowns for a launch, a new lane, a facility or a tender, with agreed scope, timeline and review roundsProject-based
SeriesAn ongoing run of lane spots, recruiting films, event loops and ad variants, in the languages your markets needOngoing partnership
AgencyProduction capacity for agencies and in-house teams, delivered under your brand, with confidential previews and clear usage termsWhite label
EnterpriseMulti-market campaigns with localization, provenance records and compliance documentation for procurementTailored engagement
Payment
We accept credit and debit cards via Stripe, ACH payments from U.S. bank accounts, and domestic or international wire transfers. Payment instructions and agreed payment terms are provided with your invoice.
Scope, deliverables, timeline and terms are set in a written proposal and statement of work. Media spend not included.
07Standards
Directed by people. Ready for every market.
Your legal team will ask which tools, which data and which rules. Our answers are written down before they ask.
EU
EU advertising and transparency rules, including the obligations that apply from 2 August 2026, are built into every European deliverable.
US
FTC rules on endorsements and testimonials, state disclosure laws and the advertising policies of Meta, TikTok and YouTube.
TR
Türkiye's amended commercial advertising regulation, in force since 1 August 2026, applied to every Turkish-language deliverable.
- No fake endorsements. We never recreate a real person's face or voice without written consent.
- Your marks, placed by hand. Logos and liveries are composited by hand from your own files.
- Private until approved. Spec films are shared only with you and never published without written permission.
- A provenance sheet for every film. Sources, license terms, edits and disclosures for every film, on one page.
- Your material is not training data. Footage, documents and brand assets you share are used only for your project.
08The studio
An American studio, built for global trade.
CargoCut is a studio of Carbon Grey Labs, the venture studio owned and operated by HDC Brands LLC. The same team builds and runs commercial products for cross-border trade, including ImportPilot, which brings Turkish and European manufacturers to American buyers.
We make films for logistics because we work alongside it every day: factories, freight, customs and the buyers at the end of the lane.
- Company
- HDC Brands LLC
- Group
- Carbon Grey Labs
- Headquarters
- United States
- Clients
- Worldwide
- Contact
- studio@cargocut.com
Our team includes AI-assisted team members who support research, production and operations under human direction. HDC Brands LLC is responsible for every communication sent in our name. Ask for a human at any time and we will arrange it.
09Start a project
Tell us where your cargo goes. We will show you the film.
A twenty-second spec film made for your company, within three business days. No call needed to start.
Prefer email? studio@cargocut.com