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.
| Walker's Cay | United States | 26 km | Nearest port |
| Crown Haven | United States | 32 km | Nearest port |
| West End | United States | 34 km | Nearest port |
| Jobe | United States | 73 km | Nearest port |
| Ays | United States | 80 km | Nearest port |
| San Sebastian | United States | 95 km | Nearest port |
| Cabo Cañaveral | United States | 112 km | Nearest port |
| New Smyrna | United States | 140 km | Nearest port |
| Ayamonte | United States | 160 km | Nearest port |
| San Agustín | United States | 184 km | Nearest port |
| 1 | West End | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 42 |
| 2 | Marsh Harbour | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 85 |
| 3 | Cayo Biscayno | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 132 |
| 4 | Morgan's Bluff | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 138 |
| 5 | Kemp's Bay | Sverige | shallow | Production | — | — | 162 |
| 6 | Governor's Harbour | Sverige | shallow | Production | — | — | 174 |
| 7 | Islamorada | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 182 |
| 8 | Cayo Vacas | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 211 |
| 9 | San Agustín | United States | deep | Player contracts | 500 | 3,842 | 230 |
| 10 | San Mateo | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 249 |
| 11 | Carahatas | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 274 |
| 12 | Deadman's Cay | Neutral | shallow | Production | — | — | 288 |
| 13 | Savannah | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 326 |
| 14 | Beaufort | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 333 |
| 15 | La Guanaja | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 342 |
| 16 | Sarazota | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 357 |
| 17 | Salina Point | Pirates | shallow | Production | — | — | 381 |
| 18 | Baja | España | deep | Production | — | — | 408 |
| 19 | Puerto de Nipe | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 418 |
| 20 | Wantlands Ferry | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 445 |
| 21 | Ocean Bight | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 446 |
| 22 | Rum Cove | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 474 |
| 23 | Saint-Nicolas | Sverige | deep | Production | — | — | 513 |
| 24 | Grand Turk | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 539 |
| 25 | Apalachicola | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 548 |
| 26 | Les Gonaïves | Sverige | deep | Production | — | — | 563 |
| 27 | Santiago de Cuba | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 571 |
| 28 | Montecristi | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 572 |
| 29 | Barcos | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 605 |
| 30 | Les Cayes | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 640 |