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NEW YORK, Jan. 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rand Logistics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RLOG) (“Rand”), will issue financial results for its fiscal year 2012 third quarter ended December 31, 2011 on Friday, February 10, 2012 before the market opens.

Management will host a conference call to discuss the results at 8:30 a.m. ET on Friday, February 10, 2012. Interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing 877-218-9317 (706-758-6006 for international callers), Conference ID# 41512511. Please dial in 10 minutes before the call is scheduled to begin.

A telephonic replay of the conference call may be accessed approximately two hours after the completion of the call through April 10, 2012. Dial 855-859-2056 (404-537-3406 for international callers), Conference ID# 41512511, to access the phone replay.

The conference call will be webcast simultaneously on the Rand Logistics, Inc. website at www.randlogisticsinc.com/presentations.html. 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 four conventional bulk carriers and thirteen self-unloading bulk carriers including four tug/barge units. 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 reserves domestic waterborne commerce to vessels that are U.S. owned, built and crewed, – and the Canada Coasting Trade Act – which reserves domestic waterborne commerce to Canadian registered and crewed vessels that operate between Canadian ports.

CONTACT: Rand Logistics, Inc.
         Laurence S. Levy, Chairman & CEO
         Edward Levy, President
         (212) 644-3450

         INVESTOR RELATIONS COUNSEL:
         Lesley Snyder
         (212) 863-9413
         LSnyder@randlogisticsinc.com