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.
| Penzacola | United States | 33 km | Nearest port |
| San José | United States | 57 km | Nearest port |
| Mobile | United States | 86 km | Nearest port |
| Biloxi | United States | 100 km | Nearest port |
| Nouvelle-Orléans | United States | 123 km | Nearest port |
| Saint-Malo | United States | 135 km | Nearest port |
| Barataria | United States | 175 km | Nearest port |
| Terrebonne | United States | 191 km | Nearest port |
| Atchafalaya | United States | 224 km | Nearest port |
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| Sugar | Santa RosaHereNeutral | Production | here | Hitten Hatcha 178 · producedAtchafalaya 280 · produced | 77 |
| Fir Log | PenzacolaUnited States | Production | 42 | Apalachicola 105 · producedNouvelle-Orléans 154 · produced | 75 |
| Stone Block | PenzacolaUnited States | Production | 42 | San Marcos 150 · producedNouvelle-Orléans 154 · produced | 78 |
| Oak Log | San JoséUnited States | Production | 71 | Apalachicola 105 · producedBarataria 219 · produced | 75 |
| Coal | ApalachicolaNeutral | Production | 105 | Mobile 107 · producedSarazota 277 · produced | 82 |
| Iron Ore | MobileUnited States | Production | 107 | San Marcos 150 · producedTerrebonne 238 · produced | 76 |
| Hemp | BiloxiUnited States | Production | 124 | Hitten Hatcha 178 · producedCayo del Anclote 231 · produced | 76 |
| Provisions | BiloxiUnited States | Production | 124 | Las Sabinas 198 · producedCayo del Anclote 231 · produced | 70 |
| Lignum Vitae Log | Saint-MaloUnited States | Production | 169 | Las Sabinas 198 · producedGasparilla 314 · produced | 75 |