Tri Synergy Announces Port Royale Has Set Sail in the U.S. is the press release announcing that this seafaring RTS game has shipped to stores in the U.S. Here's a bit:

Providing gamers with over 4,000,000 square miles to work with, Port Royale offers an expansive environment in which players can choose to represent one of four nations; England, France, Spain or Holland. PC gamers will face immediate challenges as they embark on a Port Royale journey and make their selection to become an adventurous buccaneer, plundering and seizing their enemies’ villages, a trader, attempting to amass a dominant fleet and striking against local pirates, or as a pirate, constantly observing the environment to identify the next significant heist opportunity.