Dant started by leasing ships from the United States Shipping Board - Emergency Fleet Corporation and founded the Columbia Pacific Steamship Company in 1919, Columbia Pacific Steamship Company routes were between Portland, Far East and Europe.

[1][2] Charles Dant was a major stock holder in the China Import and Export Lumber Company, which had a large sawmill plant in Shanghai.

In 1928 Charles Dant pick the swastika (at that time symbol of good luck until the 1930s) for this ship's flags.

New logo was ordered in Walter Landor Associate and served until the end of the company's existence.

[3] States Steamship Company ports: San Francisco, Portland, Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila Taiwan, Saigon, Bangkok, Okinawa .