Aug 11, 2026 · 31 min · 10 segments
In this episode of the Women Offshore Podcast, we welcome Captain Neil Daboul, a seasoned maritime professional with more than four decades of…
Neil DaboulGuestLiz SchmidtHostChristine McMullenHostSo do you also, does Mercy Ships also have a training aspect where you can bring on not necessarily cadets, but people who want to get their STCW? Uh, is that something that Mercy Ship- Ships has capacity for?
And I will often rebuff them by saying, "You know, we also have maritime capacity building here."
And occasionally we'll have a need to hire a new permanent employee, which we'll hire from one of the local host countries, right?
Yeah.And while they're on board in a training capacity or a- as a temporary employee, we also run them through weekly training.
The fire drills, the m- man overboard drills, the lifeboat drills, even though we're in port.
So do you also, does Mercy Ships also have a training aspect where you can bring on not necessarily cadets, but people who want to get their STCW? Uh, is that something that Mercy Ship- Ships has capacity for?
And I will often rebuff them by saying, "You know, we also have maritime capacity building here."
And occasionally we'll have a need to hire a new permanent employee, which we'll hire from one of the local host countries, right?
Yeah.And while they're on board in a training capacity or a- as a temporary employee, we also run them through weekly training.
The fire drills, the m- man overboard drills, the lifeboat drills, even though we're in port.
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