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.
| San José | United States | 75 km | Nearest port |
| Penzacola | United States | 144 km | Nearest port |
| Mobile | United States | 192 km | Nearest port |
| Biloxi | United States | 206 km | Nearest port |
| Nouvelle-Orléans | United States | 212 km | Nearest port |
| Saint-Malo | United States | 240 km | Nearest port |
| 1 | Apalachicola | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 49 |
| 2 | Penzacola | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 179 |
| 3 | Tampa | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 192 |
| 4 | Nouvelle-Orléans | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 265 |
| 5 | Islamorada | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 372 |
| 6 | Mariel | España | deep | Production | — | — | 420 |
| 7 | Carahatas | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 469 |
| 8 | Jobe | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 496 |
| 9 | Morgan's Bluff | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 500 |
| 10 | Sabina | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 504 |
| 11 | West End | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 505 |
| 12 | Corrientes | España | deep | Production | — | — | 515 |
| 13 | Mugeres | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 537 |
| 14 | Harbour Island | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 579 |
| 15 | Little Harbour | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 593 |
| 16 | New Smyrna | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 629 |
| 17 | Arthur's Town | Sverige | shallow | Production | — | — | 637 |
| 18 | Tulum | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 638 |
| 19 | Nuevitas | Pirates | deep | Player contractsalso produced | 250 | 1,360 | 640 |
| 20 | Daguilla | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 664 |
| 21 | Baxo Nuevo | Russian Empire | shallow | Production | — | — | 673 |
| 22 | Placer | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 679 |
| 23 | Saint Marys | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 735 |
| 24 | Jagua | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 740 |
| 25 | Baracoa | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 789 |
| 26 | Mayaguana | Neutral | shallow | Production | — | — | 803 |
| 27 | Mortimer Town | Pirates | deep | Player contractsalso produced | 300 | 1,190 | 810 |
| 28 | Puerto Real | Russian Empire | deep | Production | — | — | 811 |
| 29 | Belize | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 821 |
| 30 | Tampico | Russian Empire | deep | Production | — | — | 837 |