Shipping videos
3D shipping videos, made by the team behind @ahum.what.if.
We make short 3D explainer videos about vessels, ports, routes and maritime products. They are built on the same engine that runs our shipping page.
Sample reel
Three stories from @ahum.what.if.
The cargo ship that drifted 16 months with no one aboard. What a dry year does to the Panama Canal. If the Strait of Hormuz closed.
What we make
Maritime stories, told in 3D.
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Vessel and fleet explainers
How a ship, a class of ship or a whole fleet works, shown in 3D.
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Port and terminal stories
What happens inside a port or terminal, from berth to gate.
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Route and disruption explainers
Canals, straits and weather, and what changes when one of them closes.
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Product explainers for maritime software
What your software does for a ship, a port or an operator, shown plainly.
How it works
From brief to finished video.
Turnaround: First video within 5 business days. After that, 24 to 72 hours depending on your plan.
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You send the brief
A few lines or a link about your vessel, port or product is enough.
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We send a free sample
A 10–15 second clip about your vessel, port or product. No charge.
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We script it with you
We write the story together and fact-check every number before it goes on screen.
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You get the finished video
Vertical, square and widescreen versions, with music, subtitles and captions, ready to post.
Monthly retainers
Your ship, port or product, on every feed, every week.
A monthly retainer. You send a link. We find the stories, write them, check every number, build them in 3D and hand you ready-to-post videos. Your part is one approval per video.
We take on 5 new retainer clients a month, so every video gets checked properly. The first 10 retainer clients keep their price for 12 months.
Steady Watch
$2,900/month
- 6 videos a month, 30–45 s vertical
- Every video in 9:16 and 1:1
- 3 hooks written per video; we pick the strongest
- Captions, cover image, word-synced subtitles, music
- 2 revision rounds per video, unlimited script edits before we render
- 72-hour turnaround after script approval
- Monthly results report
Full Steam
$5,900/month
- 12 videos a month (3 a week), plus 1 explainer of 60–90 s in 16:9 and 9:16
- A custom 3D model of your vessel, terminal or product, built once and yours to keep
- Voiceover in an AI voice you choose, or your own recording
- 3 revision rounds per video, unlimited script edits
- 48-hour turnaround
- We research the stories in your corner of shipping
- LinkedIn post copy for every video
- Monthly report and a 30-minute strategy call
Fleet
$11,900/month
- Up to 25 videos a month, plus 3 explainers
- Up to 3 custom 3D models
- Unlimited revision rounds on the month's videos
- 24-hour turnaround on short videos
- Your own branded series: intro, look and cover style
- An event pack each quarter (trade show, launch or results)
- Sales cuts: a 15-second version of each video for product pages, emails and proposals
- Hook and cover tests, reported every two weeks
- A direct WhatsApp or Slack channel with the team
Month to month. Cancel with 30 days' notice.
Prices in US dollars.
Included when you start a retainer
- A free 10–15 second sample before you pay anything
- Launch pack: 3 extra videos in your first month (Full Steam and Fleet)
- You own every file we deliver, forever
Our guarantees
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Free sample first.
You see your own vessel, port or product in 3D before you sign.
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First-month promise.
If you're not happy with your first month's videos, tell us within 30 days and we redo them, or you don't pay for that month.
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On time or free.
A video delivered after its turnaround costs nothing.
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Every number checked.
If a figure we put on screen turns out wrong, we fix it and re-deliver within 24 hours, free.
Questions
Before you start.
What counts as a revision round?
One list of changes for a video, sent together. Script edits before we render don't count.
Do I need to film anything?
No. Everything is built in 3D from public information and what you send us.
Who writes the scripts?
We do, from your brief and our own research. You approve each one before we render.
Do you post for us?
We deliver ready-to-post files with captions and a posting calendar for your team.
What if we're not in shipping?
We only work in maritime. It's what we know.
Who makes them
A maritime software company that also tells shipping stories.
Ahum Labs builds software for maritime operations. NavCert, our certificate platform, tracks 860+ ship certificates and warns before they expire.
@ahum.what.if publishes a new 3D shipping story every day on Instagram and YouTube. Every number in those stories is checked before it goes on screen. Yours will be too.
Tell us about your vessel, port or product.We will send a free sample.
Send a short brief or a link. The sample is 10–15 seconds and costs nothing.