The name Gigi is of French origin. The meaning of Gigi is farmer. Gigi is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 4 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced Gi-gi.
gross ton includes the weight of the container (tare). net tons are just the weight of the freight Answer A gross tone is a Long ton (or English Ton) 2,240 lbs. A Net ton is a short ton or 2000 lbs. 86 people found this useful.
In the United States, a short ton is usually known simply as a ton, without distinguishing it from the tonne (1,000 kilograms or 2,204.62262 pounds), known there as the metric ton, or the long ton (2,240 pounds or 1,016.0469088 kilograms), known there as the Imperial ton. Long ton, 2,240 lb (1,016.0469088 kg). 2  Ton. 3  Tonne, also known as a metric ton (t), equal to 1,000 kg (2,204.6226218 lb) or 1 megagram. 4  Tonnage, volume measurement used in maritime shipping, originally based on 100 cubic feet (2.8316846592 m 3).