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 | Jobe | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 101 |
| 3 | Little Harbour | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 116 |
| 4 | Morgan's Bluff | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 132 |
| 5 | Harbour Island | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 135 |
| 6 | Islamorada | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 180 |
| 7 | New Smyrna | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 208 |
| 8 | Arthur's Town | Sverige | shallow | Production | — | — | 216 |
| 9 | Carahatas | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 272 |
| 10 | Saint Marys | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 308 |
| 11 | Mariel | España | deep | Production | — | — | 341 |
| 12 | Nuevitas | Pirates | deep | Player contractsalso produced | 250 | 1,360 | 342 |
| 13 | Mayaguana | Neutral | shallow | Production | — | — | 392 |
| 14 | Tampa | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 398 |
| 15 | All Saints | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 432 |
| 16 | Mortimer Town | Pirates | deep | Player contractsalso produced | 300 | 1,190 | 441 |
| 17 | Little River | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 444 |
| 18 | Baracoa | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 446 |
| 19 | North Inlet | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 490 |
| 20 | Corrientes | España | deep | Production | — | — | 509 |
| 21 | Port-de-Paix | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 517 |
| 22 | Grand Turk | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 532 |
| 23 | Apalachicola | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 547 |
| 24 | Santiago de Cuba | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 564 |
| 25 | Nippes | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 569 |
| 26 | La Navasse | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 581 |
| 27 | Mugeres | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 581 |
| 28 | Penzacola | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 649 |
| 29 | Daguilla | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 659 |
| 30 | Bahía Escocesa | Danmark-Norge | deep | Production | — | — | 662 |