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.
| West End | United States | 33 km | Nearest port |
| 1 | West End | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 41 |
| 2 | Marsh Harbour | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 86 |
| 3 | Cayo Biscayno | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 131 |
| 4 | Morgan's Bluff | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 132 |
| 5 | Kemp's Bay | Sverige | shallow | Production | — | — | 155 |
| 6 | Governor's Harbour | Sverige | shallow | Production | — | — | 167 |
| 7 | Islamorada | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 180 |
| 8 | Cayo Vacas | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 209 |
| 9 | San Agustín | United States | deep | Player contracts | 500 | 3,842 | 264 |
| 10 | Carahatas | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 272 |
| 11 | Deadman's Cay | Neutral | shallow | Production | — | — | 281 |
| 12 | San Mateo | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 284 |
| 13 | La Guanaja | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 335 |
| 14 | Sarazota | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 356 |
| 15 | Savannah | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 363 |
| 16 | Beaufort | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 372 |
| 17 | Salina Point | Pirates | shallow | Production | — | — | 374 |
| 18 | Baja | España | deep | Production | — | — | 407 |
| 19 | Puerto de Nipe | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 411 |
| 20 | Ocean Bight | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 439 |
| 21 | Wantlands Ferry | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 482 |
| 22 | Rum Cove | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 488 |
| 23 | Saint-Nicolas | Sverige | deep | Production | — | — | 506 |
| 24 | Grand Turk | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 532 |
| 25 | Apalachicola | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 547 |
| 26 | Les Gonaïves | Sverige | deep | Production | — | — | 556 |
| 27 | Santiago de Cuba | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 564 |
| 28 | Montecristi | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 565 |
| 29 | Barcos | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 604 |
| 30 | Les Cayes | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 633 |