Cryovision News

GTT, the world leader in the design of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas), announces that it has completed, with its partner Cryovision, the first installation of its innovative sloshing monitoring system, SloShield. The SloShield solution was designed to monitor impacts caused by sloshing of the liquid cargo. It provides the crew with real time information. As part of a cooperation agreement signed with the ship-owner GasLog Ltd., the LNG carrier GasLog Singapore is the first ship to be equipped with this system which can lead to an optimization of the ship's operations. The cooperation agreement includes an initial phase of observation aimed at demonstrating the SloShield performance accompanied by crew training.

Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) and its partner Cryovision announced the launch of a monitoring system to help reduce the effects of liquid motion in Liquefied Natural Gas Carriers (LNGCs), including extra boil-off of LNG cargo, due to “sloshing” inside the vessel’s tanks. The new tool, SloShield, uses an algorithm that allows LNG carrier crews to constantly monitor the vibrations in each tank’s structure due to specific sloshing activity by consulting screens in real-time, thus allowing them to make decisions based objective indicators to help optimize the ship’s operation. This first generation SloShield is the result of more than three years of prototyping onboard an LNGC in real operational conditions, which qualifies it as a sea-proven, safe and reliable system.