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.