This work provides a simple method for the objective, quantitative and non-intrusive detection of flooding/loading transition in gas/liquid systems in agitated vessels starting from the time-series analysis of conductance fluctuations along a generic cross section of the vessel. The conductance probe is designed in order to introduce minimal perturbations of the how field within the vessel. A thorough statistical characterization of the time series collected by the probe provides deeper insight into the fluid dynamics of gas-liquid systems in stirred vessels as well as a simple, objective way to detect flooding/loading transitions.