overhead and side restricted clearance [ restricted side and overhead clearance ]

Even though the larger part of the waterway network has ample free capacities, several bottlenecks caused by limited draught, bridge clearance and lock dimensions hinder its full utilisation and reduce the competitiveness of inland waterway transport.

8. Draws attention to the fact that displacement due to conflicts, natural disasters or environmental degradation leaves certain populations particularly vulnerable; stresses that refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking and other migrants caught in crises that endanger their lives must be afforded suitable protection of their human rights; expresses its deep concern regarding the unprecedentedly high number of refugees, externally displaced persons and migrants in the world today, and calls on the global community to use the World Humanitarian Summit to mobilise the necessary financial and operational resources to meet this challenge by s ...[+++]pecifically focusing on its root causes; highlights the importance of interreligious and intercultural dialogues in tackling massive refugee flows; calls on the EU and its Member States to prioritise the global refugee crisis in its policies and positions regarding the Summit, with a view to tackling the consequences of, and underlying reasons for, this flood of refugees; with this in view, urges the World Humanitarian Summit to call for more efficient ways to combat human trafficking and clamp down on recruitment and funding for terrorist groups by preventing and suppressing the recruiting, organising, transporting, and equipping of terrorist fighters, and the financing of their travel and activities; underlines the necessity and importance of rapid action together with a long-term concrete and comprehensive action plan to be applied in cooperation with third countries and local, national and regional actors for an effective and efficient approach with regard to the organised criminal networks of migrant smugglers; notes that Article 14(1) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights guarantees the right to seek and enjoy asylum, and stresses the obligation of states not to practise refoulement towards refugees; stresses the need for the EU, its Member States and all international actors to comply ful ...

(ii) the port of registry, official number, if any, overall length, extreme breadth, overall height and deadweight tonnage of the ship or the platform;

Most semi-trailers operating on EU roads are of a height which exceeds the 4-metre limit by over 30%, which means that they cannot be transported by rail on account of the limited clearance within tunnels and under catenaries.