The 2 nearest ports a nation doesn't own plus each top nation's nearest port can be flagged from any owned port by the owner's nation (or any nation from free ports).
Last round's top nations:Verenigde ProvinciënUnited StatesSverige· Pulls over 440 km hidden (too far to sail before the flag times out).
No conquest missions in neutral ports.
| Santa Marta | Verenigde Provinciën | 64 km | Nearest port |
| Coquibacoa | Verenigde Provinciën | 95 km | Nearest port |
| Fort Zoutman | Verenigde Provinciën | 146 km | Nearest port |
| 1 | Río de la HachaHere | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | here |
| 2 | Fort Zoutman | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 182 |
| 3 | Casigua | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 192 |
| 4 | Perijá | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 283 |
| 5 | Río Tocuyo | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 305 |
| 6 | Buena Vista | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 326 |
| 7 | Bugle Cay | Neutral | shallow | Production | — | — | 395 |
| 8 | La Orchilla | France | deep | Production | — | — | 404 |
| 9 | Chagres | China | deep | Production | — | — | 428 |
| 10 | La Navasse | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 437 |
| 11 | Serrana | Neutral | shallow | Production | — | — | 438 |
| 12 | Kingston / Port Royal | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 452 |
| 13 | Higüey | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 477 |
| 14 | Nippes | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 494 |
| 15 | Guánica | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 517 |
| 16 | Santiago de Cuba | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 532 |
| 17 | Montego Bay | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 548 |
| 18 | Chiriquí | Neutral | shallow | Production | — | — | 548 |
| 19 | Baracoa | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 557 |
| 20 | Cariaco | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 560 |
| 21 | Port-de-Paix | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 565 |
| 22 | Frederiksted | Danmark-Norge | deep | Production | — | — | 578 |
| 23 | Mortimer Town | Pirates | deep | Player contractsalso produced | 300 | 1,190 | 584 |
| 24 | Bahía Escocesa | Danmark-Norge | deep | Production | — | — | 600 |
| 25 | San Juan | Danmark-Norge | deep | Production | — | — | 601 |
| 26 | Amalienborg | Danmark-Norge | deep | Production | — | — | 608 |
| 27 | Sandy Bay | Kingdom of Prussia | deep | Production | — | — | 612 |
| 28 | Bluefields | Sverige | deep | Production | — | — | 618 |
| 29 | Oranjestad | Sverige | deep | Player contractsalso produced | 294 | 2,475 | 662 |
| 30 | Grand Turk | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 696 |