Of course, any additional step is going to lengthen the process, but by not doing that you're really risking creating inefficiency in the system, which will represent a greater loss to the entire supply chain.
With respect to shippers' concerns, one thing that puzzles me a little is that they are also impacted by inefficiencies in the supply chain that result in an inequitable or inefficient distribution of rail resources to particular areas, because there's a system-wide effect: it's harder for railways to get their cars to the terminals; it's harder for the terminals to discharge those cars, unload the car to the vessel. But with respect to the interim step, I think we need to have some prescribed timelines to ensure that neither of the parties—the railways or the shippers—have the ability to unfairly extend the mediation period. It needs to be a little more prescriptive in that respect to avoid an overly long process.