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I ran some tests of the blockade boxes for a scenario were france and GB are at war, Spain has attacked Portugual and GB has control of it, France and Spain are allies, France has access to Spain, but Spain does not have access to France. I found the following:

1) The British can blockade a French fleet in Spain when the Spanish port is controlled by France
2) The British can blockade a Spanish fleet loaned to France when there is a French corps in the land area.
3) The British can not blockade a Spanish fleet when the is a French corps in the area that is loaned to Spain (i.e. Spain can transport the French corps and allow it to invade GB).
4) The Portuguese can hide in a French blockade box and the Spanish can not get them.
5) For case 2, the British are kicked out of the blockade box when the Spanish fleet is returned to Spanish control in the diplomacy phase.

So, cases 3, 4 and 5 should be fixed. For Case 3, Britian should have access to the Spanish blockade box. For case 4, Spain should have access to the French blockade box, and for Case 5, GB should not be kicked out of the blockade box until the end of the reinforcement phase, and only if the lack of loaning means there are no hostiles capable of fleet movement in the port.

I put a save on Mantis.

Blockades are based on port control today. I am looking to add the case for blockade ability is based on ships in port.

That's good Marshall, but don't forget cases where a neutral fleet in port is loaned to a hostile power, and also look at a way to stop hostile fleets from hiding in neutral blockade boxes.

Hi Marshall
your proposed solution on Mantis makes sense, as long as loaned corps can still disembark when the transporting fleet is also at war with the destination, in addition to when the destination is access allowed by allies, neutral minors, etc.
DB.

DB:

Correct! If the transport is at war then they can land BUT this would also make them a valid naval target for protecting naval forces. This should prevent the abuses?