gross weight definition

gross weight

Air transport: Sum of the weights of the aircraft, fuel, crew, passengers, and cargo.

Rail and road transport: Sum of the weight of the goods and the weight of the wagon or vehicle.

Sea transport: Total weight of a containerized or packaged shipment, computed as the sum of net weight (weight of the item) and tare (weight of the container and packaging material).

gross weight is in the Shipping, Transport, & Travel subject.

gross weight appears in the definitions of the following terms: tare allowance, tare, tare weight, certificate of weight, net weight, chargeable weight, weight and shipping weight

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