Meanings of inboard end in English

The inboard end of the ship's boarding tube was open when they arrived, and so was the hatch at its outboard end.

The four individual bays across the narrow, inboard end had been turned into two sizable shops bracketing what looked like a popular bar.

A moment later she was outside, leaning on the rail and looking down upon the crew grouped about the inboard end of the uptilted landing-stage.