No safe harbor

Port workers watch automakers, and worry

Press, the Chrysler president, was asked at the meeting if he could elaborate on what the company planned to present to Congress as part of its future plans, but he declined, saying the forum was meant for him to listen to others. He said the company has had a plan in place to succeed ever since it changed ownership a year ago.

But Peay, the port worker, said he still wished he had heard more details from Chrysler as he walked back to his job at the 56-acre terminal.

"I think it's a good plan," Peay said of a bailout for the Big Three. "But I'd like to hear what they're actually proposing to Congress. I didn't hear that."

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

CHRYSLER & THE PORT

47%

November decline in U.S. sales for Chrysler, the largest exporter of cars through the port of Baltimore. Related article, PG 12

400

Number of Amports ATC workers at the port. Roughly half of them are directly tied to Chrysler vehicle exports.

16,500

People employed at the port of Baltimore, the top U.S. port for vehicle exports.

600,000

Total vehicles through the port in a year. About one-third are Chryslers.