Premium-rate telephone number. 900 number redirects here. For the mathematical entity, see 900 (number). Premium-rate telephone numbers are telephone numbers for telephone calls during which certain services are provided, and for which prices higher than normal are charged.
Gross Weight The gross weight of a shipping container, a trailer or a package is the weight of the cargo plus the weight of the container, trailer, shipment or packaging. The gross weight equals the net weight plus the tare weight. Net Weight The net weight of anything, whether it's a shipment you receive or send, or the weight of the soup you pour out of a soup can, is the weight of the goods or contents that you shipped or purchased. To shippers -- and for receivers -- the cost of shipping includes the cost of moving the cargo and the cargo's packaging.
When the determining factor is the weight of the hazardous material, and only the hazardous material, the HMR will refer to the net weight. When the determining factor is the weight of the packaging (ie. the HazMat, container/packaging, absorbant material or dunnage, inner containers, etc.) the HMR will refer to the gross weight. Gross weight is defined at 49 CFR 171.8: Gross weight or Gross mass means the weight of a packaging plus the weight of its contents. Net weight is not defined in the HMR, but the USDOT/PHMSA did make clear in an interpretation letter : The term gross mass is defined in Â§ 171.8 as âthe weight of a packaging plus the weight of its contents.â The term ânet massâ means the weight of the contents in a packaging. The difference between the two terms is the fact that you include the weight of the packaging in determining its ...