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 | Little Harbour | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 74 |
| 2 | West End | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 89 |
| 3 | Harbour Island | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 126 |
| 4 | Morgan's Bluff | United States | shallow | Production | — | — | 139 |
| 5 | Jobe | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 141 |
| 6 | Arthur's Town | Sverige | shallow | Production | — | — | 196 |
| 7 | New Smyrna | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 213 |
| 8 | Islamorada | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 228 |
| 9 | Saint Marys | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 300 |
| 10 | Carahatas | España | shallow | Production | — | — | 307 |
| 11 | Nuevitas | Pirates | deep | Player contractsalso produced | 250 | 1,360 | 344 |
| 12 | Mayaguana | Neutral | shallow | Production | — | — | 362 |
| 13 | Mariel | España | deep | Production | — | — | 389 |
| 14 | All Saints | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 392 |
| 15 | Little River | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 401 |
| 16 | North Inlet | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 425 |
| 17 | Mortimer Town | Pirates | deep | Player contractsalso produced | 300 | 1,190 | 428 |
| 18 | Baracoa | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 441 |
| 19 | Tampa | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 446 |
| 20 | Grand Turk | Pirates | deep | Production | — | — | 498 |
| 21 | Port-de-Paix | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 504 |
| 22 | Corrientes | España | deep | Production | — | — | 557 |
| 23 | Santiago de Cuba | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 559 |
| 24 | Nippes | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 563 |
| 25 | La Navasse | Verenigde Provinciën | deep | Production | — | — | 575 |
| 26 | Apalachicola | Neutral | deep | Production | — | — | 595 |
| 27 | Mugeres | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 629 |
| 28 | Bahía Escocesa | Danmark-Norge | deep | Production | — | — | 633 |
| 29 | Kingston / Port Royal | Great Britain | deep | Production | — | — | 679 |
| 30 | Penzacola | United States | deep | Production | — | — | 697 |