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.
2000 lbs standard, 909 kg metric. Whenever shipping internationally, it may be best to question. If not, you could easily end up with unexpected charges. To the best of my understanding this is the way it goes... Short ton = 2,000 pounds (MOST COMMON IN USA) Metric ton = 2,205 pounds. Long ton = 2,240 pounds.