The floating aluminum box to protect dockworkers is an aluminum cube with each side being approximately eighteen inches long. The floating aluminum box is watertight and made of one-quarter inch thick aluminum plate and of welded construction. The floating aluminum box has a front, back, two sides, a top, and a bottom. The floating aluminum box has an internal support structure having two concentric aluminum pipes and a plurality of bracing plates that extend from the pipes to the sides of the cube. The floating aluminum box is also equipped with a handle and eye brackets.