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.
| Crown Haven | United States | 27 km | Nearest port |
| Marsh Harbour | United States | 35 km | Nearest port |
| Walker's Cay | United States | 51 km | Nearest port |
| Little Harbour | United States | 59 km | Nearest port |
| Savannah | United States | 274 km | Nearest port |
| Beaufort | United States | 279 km | Nearest port |
| Charleston | United States | 291 km | Nearest port |
| Georgetown | United States | 294 km | Nearest port |
| All Saints | United States | 313 km | Nearest port |
| Kidd's Harbour | United States | 319 km | Nearest port |
| 1 | Marsh Harbour | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 44 |
| 2 | West End | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 89 |
| 3 | Morgan's Bluff | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 139 |
| 4 | Kemp's Bay | Sverige | shallow | Production | — | — | 159 |
| 5 | Governor's Harbour | Sverige | shallow | Production | — | — | 162 |
| 6 | Cayo Biscayno | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 179 |
| 7 | Islamorada | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 228 |
| 8 | Cayo Vacas | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 257 |
| 9 | San Agustín | United States | deep | Player contracts | 500 | 3,842 | 262 |
| 10 | Deadman's Cay | Neutral | shallow | Production | — | — | 269 |
| 11 | San Mateo | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 280 |
| 12 | Carahatas | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 307 |
| 13 | La Guanaja | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 338 |
| 14 | Savannah | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 342 |
| 15 | Beaufort | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 348 |
| 16 | Salina Point | Pirates | shallow | Production | — | — | 357 |
| 17 | Sarazota | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 404 |
| 18 | Puerto de Nipe | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 407 |
| 19 | Ocean Bight | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 421 |
| 20 | Rum Cove | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 424 |
| 21 | Wantlands Ferry | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 434 |
| 22 | Baja | España | deep | Production | — | — | 455 |
| 23 | Saint-Nicolas | Sverige | deep | Production | — | — | 498 |
| 24 | Grand Turk | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 498 |
| 25 | Montecristi | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 542 |
| 26 | Les Gonaïves | Sverige | deep | Production | — | — | 549 |
| 27 | Santiago de Cuba | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 559 |
| 28 | Apalachicola | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 595 |
| 29 | Les Cayes | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 627 |
| 30 | Barcos | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 652 |