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 | Jobe | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 91 |
| 3 | Little Harbour | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 115 |
| 4 | Morgan's Bluff | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 138 |
| 5 | Harbour Island | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 142 |
| 6 | New Smyrna | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 175 |
| 7 | Islamorada | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 182 |
| 8 | Arthur's Town | Sverige | shallow | Production | — | — | 223 |
| 9 | Saint Marys | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 272 |
| 10 | Carahatas | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 274 |
| 11 | Mariel | España | deep | Production | — | — | 342 |
| 12 | Nuevitas | Pirates | deep | Player contractsalso produced | 250 | 1,360 | 349 |
| 13 | All Saints | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 393 |
| 14 | Tampa | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 399 |
| 15 | Mayaguana | Neutral | shallow | Production | — | — | 399 |
| 16 | Little River | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 405 |
| 17 | Mortimer Town | Pirates | deep | Player contractsalso produced | 300 | 1,190 | 448 |
| 18 | Baracoa | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 453 |
| 19 | North Inlet | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 473 |
| 20 | Corrientes | España | deep | Production | — | — | 511 |
| 21 | Port-de-Paix | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 524 |
| 22 | Grand Turk | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 539 |
| 23 | Apalachicola | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 548 |
| 24 | Santiago de Cuba | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 571 |
| 25 | Nippes | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 576 |
| 26 | Mugeres | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 582 |
| 27 | La Navasse | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 588 |
| 28 | Penzacola | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 650 |
| 29 | Daguilla | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 660 |
| 30 | Bahía Escocesa | Danmark-Norge | deep | Production | — | — | 669 |