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 and formerly Canada a ton is defined to be 2,000 pounds (907 kg). Where confusion is possible, the 2240 lb ton is called  long ton  and the 2000 lb ton  short ton ; the tonne is distinguished by its spelling, but usually pronounced the same as ton, hence the US term metric ton.