Ports of Auckland Ltd v Southpac Trucks Ltd - [2010] 1 NZLR 363

Carriage of goods — Carrier — Extended definition of “carrier” — Statutory limitation of liability — POAL as carrier subcontracted stevedoring — Goods damaged on wharf in collision with fork hoist driven by employee of POAL engaged in unrelated work — Whether POAL liable as carrier — Whether POAL entitled to statutory limitation of damages — Carriage of Goods Act 1979, ss 6 and 16.