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.
A short tone is considered 2,000 pounds while a long ton weighs in 2,240 pounds. A short ton is also equal to 907.18474 kilograms or 32,000 ounces. Large objects such as cars and elephants are measured using tons. An average sized car weighs around 2 tons, while elephants can easily weigh more than 5 tons when fully grown.