International Logistics Firm Ships Masks to Duke, Others

As a global logistics provider of equipment for major concerts, sporting events, television, and the film industry, Stephen O’Connell knows how to move things fast.

The co-founder of SOS Global Express in New Bern has moved tons of equipment across the world for every World Cup soccer tournament since 1994; every Olympics since 1988, and every Super Bowl since 1989.

He knew that if his company could handle the daunting logistics of moving equipment for the 2018 World Cup Soccer Tournament in Russia – that comprised 12 cities, thousands of miles apart –  surely he could do something to bring much-needed personal protective equipment (PPE) to various North Carolina hospitals.