I didn't see any announcements about this on the main page. Is it being tested? The message is inaccurate Rines isn't undefended by any stretch of the imagination and Riombara has no enemies right now.
Past announcement are not archived (or if they are, I don't know where), but I am quite certain it was announced.
In any case, here is the wiki page:
http://wiki.battlemaster.org/wiki/Sea_TravelIt's only live on testing. That includes Dwilight, haven't you seen it?