SM Line continues to hive off boxships.

The South Korean operator has sent a pair of older handysize containerships to the breakers.

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The 1,641-teu SM Hochiminh (built 1998) and 1,620-teu SM Bangkok (built 1999) have been sold to cash buyers GMS for an en-bloc price of just over $6m, brokers said.