Trade Theatre Usage Analysis

[Didz]

Does the AI ever attack ships docked at a trade port? I've found that all I need to do is park an Indiaman there and it is safe, even from pirates that are trolling close by.

No, at least not in my experience, and I think thats the gist of the problem. By rights factions should be fighting over these trade resources but they aren't allowed to. That just makes the parking of large fleets in the trade theatres doubly dumb. In many cases they don't even raid their enemies trade out of the zone.