AI 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, labeled for every market.

United States · Serving clients worldwide 12+ languages 16:9 · 9:16 · 1:1 AI-generated imagery

01Featured work · Ocean

One box. Five thousand miles. Sixty seconds.

A single container leaves a brake-disc factory in Bursa for a family garage in Chicago. Integrated logistics, told through one promise. Six ten-second shots, produced and cut in days.

Brake discs cooling in a factory as a container is sealed Gantry crane lifting a container at a port at dawn Container ship in a North Atlantic storm Trucks queued at a border crossing at dawn Large warehouse with tall racks and forklifts Hands on a truck steering wheel at sunrise 00:00 – 00:10 AI-generated imagery

“Every box has a promise inside.”

Unbranded showcase. Client versions carry your own marks, placed in the edit from your files and never generated by AI.

02Capabilities

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.

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 04

    Recruiting films

    Drivers, warehouse teams and seafarers, shown the job honestly and in their own language.

    30s · vertical first
  5. 05

    Trade-show and lobby loops

    Silent, seamless loops designed for booths, lobbies and conference screens.

    60–180s loop · 4K
  6. 06

    Localization and versioning

    One master, every market: voice, subtitles, on-screen text and disclosure labels per country.

    12+ languages
  7. 07

    Always-on social

    Monthly cutdowns and ad variants for LinkedIn, YouTube, Meta and TikTok.

    4–8 films a month

03Industries

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.

Container port at dawn
Demo · One Box · 60s

Ocean and NVOCC

Service launches, schedule reliability and fuel-transition stories for carriers, feeders and NVOCCs.

Air cargo freighter being loaded at night
Demo · Nose Door · 30s

Air cargo

Freighter capacity, GSA networks, ground handling and time-critical lanes, finally on screen.

A truck on a night highway
Demo · Night Lane · 30s

Road freight

Fleets that sell by phone. A lane film keeps a carrier front of mind with shippers.

Warehouse at peak season
Demo · Peak · 30s

Warehousing and 3PL

Virtual facility tours and peak-season capacity, without flying the buyer in.

Operations room with glowing route lines
Demo · The Conductor · 30s

Freight forwarding

Every forwarder claims the same things. A story about your niche and your people does not.

Trucks at a border crossing
Demo · Held · 30s

Customs brokerage

Tariff changes explained in thirty seconds, and the trust story of the shipment that did not wait.

04Global 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 AI labels.

Europe, Middle East and Africa

EU AI Act Article 50 disclosure, 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

CLECAT
16,170

licensed customs brokers in the United States

U.S. CBP
2.9M

unfilled truck-driver jobs across 18 markets

IRU
70%

of B2B buyers watch video during the purchase path

Levitate Media

05Approach

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 move to a fixed-price sprint, then a monthly program.

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

Fixed price, sized for a single approver. Three aspect ratios, two revision rounds, one language included.

03 · Series

A film program

4–8 films a month · multilingual

Lane spots, tender films, recruiting films and ad variants on a steady rhythm, so buyers remember you when they are ready.

Engagement models

Spec15–20s personalized film, private link, AI-labeledFree
Sprint60s hero film plus 30/15/6s cuts, three aspect ratios, one language, two revisionsFrom $7,500
Series4–8 films a month, multilingual versions, ad variants, recruiting and event loopsFrom $6,000 / month
EnterpriseMulti-market campaigns, agency white label, provenance and compliance packCustom

Quoted in US dollars; other currencies on request. Media spend not included. Final scope and pricing are set in a written statement of work.

06Standards

Built with AI. Directed by people. Labeled in every market.

Your legal team will ask which models, which data and which rules. Our answers are written down before they ask.

EU

AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations apply from 2 August 2026. Synthetic content is disclosed clearly at first exposure.

US

FTC rules on endorsements and testimonials, state synthetic-performer disclosure laws, and platform AI labels on Meta, TikTok and YouTube.

TR

Türkiye's amended commercial advertising regulation, in force 1 August 2026: AI use that materially shapes an ad is disclosed.

European Commission · Official Gazette via Lexpera

  • No synthetic people endorsing you. We never recreate a real person's face or voice without written consent.
  • Your marks, placed by hand. Logos and liveries are composited from your files, never generated.
  • Private until approved. Spec films are shared only with you and never published without written permission.
  • A provenance sheet for every film. Models used, license terms, human edits and disclosure placement, on one page.
  • Your material is not training data. Footage, documents and brand assets you share are used only for your project.
Read our AI Policy
A color-grading suite with a container ship on the reference monitor

07The studio

An American studio, built for global trade.

CargoCut is a studio of Carbon Grey Labs, the AI-native 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
Headquarters
United States
Clients
Worldwide

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.

08Start 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