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

Rand Logistics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RLOG; RLOGW; RLOGU) (๏ฟฝRand๏ฟฝ) will present at CL King๏ฟฝs Best Ideas Conference, being held September 17 and 18, 2008 at the Omni Berkshire Place Hotel in New York City. Edward Levy, President of Rand Logistics, and Scott Bravener, President and CEO of Lower Lakes, will present at 11:45 a.m. ET on Thursday, September 18th. A live and archived webcast of the presentation will be available on the Rand Logistics, Inc. website at www.randlogisticsinc.com under Investors: Webcasts & Presentations. 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.