Not meaningless Q.
Vessels are allowed passage within economic zones.

The objections here have been on grounds of safety.
The vessel kept outside the 3k exclusion zone except for one incursion to recover a floating object.
At no time was it within the 500m zone.

Greg.
Is "fact" another word you struggle to define?
I have produced the fact that at least one eminent and independent polar scientist has hard scientific evidence that any spill would be catastrophic to fragile habitats, the fact that the vessel carries a tracker so its position is verifiable at all times, and that it never got close to the platform.