Rand Logistics to Announce First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial Results on August 14, 2008

  
    
  
  
    
      Rand Logistics Inc. (NASDAQ: RLOG; RLOGW; RLOGU) (“Rand”), 
      will issue financial results for its fiscal 2009 first quarter ended 
      June 30, 2008, on Thursday, August 14, 2008, before the market opens.
    
    
      Management will host a conference call to discuss the results at 8:30 
      a.m. ET on Thursday, August 14, 2008. Interested parties may participate 
      in the conference call by dialing 800-218-0530 (303-262-2131 for 
      international callers). When prompted, ask for the "Rand Logistics First 
      Quarter Fiscal 2009 Earnings Conference Call."
    
    
      A phone replay will be available from 10:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, August 
      14, 2008, until 11:59 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 23, 2008. Dial 
      800-405-2236 (305-590-3000 for international callers) and enter the code 
      11118111# to access the phone replay.
    
    
      The conference call will be webcast simultaneously on the Rand Logistics 
      Inc. website at www.randlogisticsinc.com 
      under Investors: Webcasts & Presentations. The webcast replay will be 
      archived for 12 months.
    
    
      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’s 
      vessels operate under the U.S. Jones Act – 
      which dictates that only ships that are built, crewed and owned by U.S. 
      citizens can operate between U.S. ports – and 
      the Canada Marine Act – which requires 
      Canadian commissioned ships to operate between Canadian ports.