RLOGU Rand Logistics Unit 10/26/08 (MM)

Rand Logistics Inc. (Nasdaq: RLOG; RLOGW; RLOGU) (๏ฟฝRand๏ฟฝ) today announced the initial launch of its corporate website at http://www.randlogisticsinc.com. To aid in the Company๏ฟฝs goal of continuing effective communications with the investment community, as well as existing and potential customers, the new website includes dynamic content, allowing visitors to receive all the latest news pertaining to Rand, while reflecting the goals and accomplishments that have shaped the Company into the market leader it is today. "Our new corporate website exhibits our commitment to facilitating enhanced investor and customer communications,๏ฟฝ said Laurence S. Levy, Chairman and CEO of Rand. "With this new tool in place, we have taken another step in conveying our business plan to a broad audience, which is vital to future expansion." About Rand Logistics Rand Logistics, Inc. is a leading provider of bulk freight shipping services throughout the Great Lakes region. Through its subsidiaries, the Company operates a fleet of ten self-unloading bulk carriers, including eight River Class vessels and one River Class integrated tug/barge unit, and three conventional bulk carriers, of which one is operated under a contract of affreightment. The Company is the only carrier able to offer significant domestic port-to-port services in both Canada and the U.S. on the Great Lakes. The Company๏ฟฝs vessels operate under the U.S. Jones Act ๏ฟฝ which dictates that only ships that are built, crewed and owned by U.S. citizens can operate between U.S. ports ๏ฟฝ and the Canada Marine Act ๏ฟฝ which requires Canadian commissioned ships to operate between Canadian ports.