Rand Logistics to Present at the 9th Annual CJS Securities “New Ideas for the New Year” Investor Conference on January 7th

  
    
  
  
    
      Rand Logistics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RLOG; RLOGW; RLOGU) (�Rand�) will 
      present at the 9th Annual CJS Securities "New Ideas for the 
      New Year" Investor Conference on Wednesday, January 7, 2009 in New York 
      City.
    
    
      Edward Levy, President of Rand Logistics, will provide an overview of 
      Rand, discuss its competitive position and its strategies for growth.
    
    
      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.