Who are The Cargo Brothers?

The Cargo Brothers (TCB) is a Romanian international freight forwarder headquartered in Sibiu, Romania. The company arranges cargo transport — road, sea, air and rail — across Europe and worldwide, with in-house customs clearance, an online price calculator, a 2-hour first-response SLA and a 12-hour firm-quote SLA. It operates under the legal entity Label Room SRL.

Are The Cargo Brothers the same as The Fargo Brothers?

No. The Cargo Brothers (TCB) is a Romanian freight forwarding company. The Fargo Brothers is a United States live music band. Different name (Cargo vs Fargo), different industry (logistics vs music) and different country. There is no relation between the two.

Do The Cargo Brothers sell cars or classic vehicles?

No. The Cargo Brothers do not sell vehicles. TCB is a freight forwarder. We arrange the international transport of vehicles (one-off car moves, dealer transfers, auction pickups) as part of our cargo services, but we are not a car dealer, classic car restorer or vintage vehicle shop.

What services do The Cargo Brothers offer?

Road freight (FTL & LTL), sea freight (FCL & LCL), air freight (express & standard), intra-EU rail freight, multimodal solutions, customs clearance and tariff classification, individual vehicle transport, project cargo and oversized loads, and ADR hazardous goods handling.

Where do The Cargo Brothers operate?

Headquartered in Sibiu, Romania. Primary coverage: Romania and the European Union (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, United Kingdom, Turkey). Global lanes available via sea and air.

How do I get a price from The Cargo Brothers?

Use the online calculator at https://www.thecargobrothers.com/calculator for an instant indicative price. Submit the quote form to receive a firm offer within 12 hours. First response on email is within 2 hours during business days.

Instant Freight Calculator: Price in 30 Seconds

Alkeme Design
Jun 5
4 min read

Instant Freight Calculator — Why 95% of Competitors Do Not Offer One

The standard process for getting a freight quote in Romania in 2026 still looks like 2010:

You email or call 5-10 companies
You explain each time: route, weight, dimensions, cargo type, loading date
You wait 24-48 hours for replies
You get 3-4 quotes out of 10
Quotes are incomplete — VAT, insurance and road tolls are missing
You ask for clarifications and waste another day

Total time lost: 3 days to find out what it costs to move cargo from point A to point B.

The Cargo Brothers has an instant calculator at thecargobrothers.com that eliminates all this wasted time — you enter route, weight and dimensions and get a complete price in 30 seconds, including transport, insurance up to €1,200,000, VAT and road tolls, with no hidden fees.

95% of competitors do not offer an instant calculator for one simple reason — it is technically demanding and requires full pricing transparency, which means you cannot invent different margins for each client based on how desperate they look.

Freight Calculator vs Auto Calculator — Two Tools for Two Different Needs

The Cargo Brothers offers two separate calculators at thecargobrothers.com because freight transport logistics is completely different from auto transport logistics.

Freight Calculator (thecargobrothers.com/calculator):

Input: route, weight, dimensions, cargo type
Output: complete price for road, sea, air or rail transport
Includes: €1,200,000 insurance, VAT, no hidden fees
Ideal for: pallets, machinery, industrial cargo, anything above 300kg

Auto Calculator (thecargobrothers.com/calculator-cars):

Input: route, vehicle type, number of vehicles
Output: auto transport price on open/enclosed trailer
Includes: standard CMR insurance, optional extra cargo cover
Ideal for: individual cars, dealership fleets, vehicles from auctions

Most companies looking for freight transport do not realise that auto transport has completely different pricing and separate logistics — that is why two separate calculators eliminate confusion and deliver accurate prices for each cargo type.

Instant Price vs "Request Quote" — Transparency vs Negotiation

Most freight transport websites in Romania have a "Request Quote" or "Contact us for price" button — not an instant calculator.

The reason is not technical — it is strategic.

"Request Quote" means the carrier wants to learn more about you before telling you the price:

How urgent is the transport? (urgency = higher price)
How experienced are you? (novice = higher price)
Do you already have other quotes? (competition = lower price)
One-off or recurring? (recurring = small discount)

All this dynamic, client-profile-based pricing disappears the moment you have an instant transparent calculator — the price is the same for everyone, whether you are a large company shipping 100 times a year or a one-time shipper.

The Cargo Brothers chose full transparency — instant calculator, fixed price, 12-14% commercial margin (the lowest in an industry where the average is 20-30%) — because we attract clients who value clarity over negotiation, and we work efficiently enough to operate at a lower margin without losing profitability.

What Is Included in the Calculator Price — No Surprises at the End

The major problem with freight quotes in Romania is that the initial price is rarely the final price — extra fees appear, "we did not know the cargo was ADR", "we did not include German road tolls", "insurance is paid separately".

The Cargo Brothers calculator includes everything from the start:

Included in the price:

Complete door-to-door transport
Cargo insurance up to €1,200,000
Commercial margin 12-14%
VAT (where applicable)
Standard route road tolls (where applicable)

NOT included (and clearly stated):

Additional services on request (lift gate, inside delivery, weekend delivery)
Customs duties for transport from outside the EU (paid separately at clearance)
Demurrage (late fee) if cargo is not ready at agreed times

Full transparency means the price in the calculator is the price you pay — no "by the way, I forgot to mention €200 extra fee".

An Instant Calculator Does Not Replace Human Expertise — It Combines With It

An instant calculator is excellent for standard situations:

Known Romania-Europe routes
Standard palletised cargo
Normal weights and dimensions
No special requirements

But freight transport has many situations that do not fit "standard":

Oversized cargo (over 3m wide, over 4m tall)
ADR cargo (dangerous goods requiring special licences)
Refrigerated transport (temperature-controlled)
Fragile equipment requiring special packaging
Non-standard routes with rare destinations

For these cases, the calculator gives an estimate but suggests "contact us for confirmation" — because human experience is required to assess whether the carrier can deliver as needed and the final price reflects real conditions.

The Cargo Brothers combines the instant calculator for transparency with team expertise for complex cases — so you get speed when possible and personalised attention when required.

Want to know what your transport costs without waiting 24-48 hours? Instant calculator at thecargobrothers.com/calculator — complete price in 30 seconds. For special cases, contact hi@thecargobrothers.com.

The Cargo Brothers is a freight forwarding company based in Sibiu, Romania, specialised in road, sea, air and rail transport and customs brokerage for cargo above 300kg on international Romania-Europe routes. thecargobrothers.com