Restaurant employee will hang around, about to meet ship (8)
I believe the answer is:
waitress
'restaurant employee' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'hang around about to meet ship' is the wordplay.
'hang around' becomes 'wait' (to hang around is to wait around or linger).
'about' becomes 're' (regarding).
'to meet' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ship' becomes 'SS' (prefix in ship names eg SS Great Britain).
'wait'+'re'+'ss'='WAITRESS'
'will' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for waitress that I've seen before include "Woman serving meal" , "She serves at table" , "Cafe attendant" , "Female server" , "Server at table" .)